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- Estimate
- £15,000,000–£20,000,000 hammer ≈ $19,020,569–$25,360,758
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 26 June 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4753560
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Francis. Bacon, self-portrait. Sotheby's, 26 Jun 2019, lot 9. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4753560.
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Francis. Bacon, self-portrait. Sotheby's, 26 Jun 2019, lot 9. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4753560.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Jun 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| untitled | Christopher Wood | £3,000,000–£5,000,000 | |
| panda | Takashi Murakami | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| untitled | Keith Haring | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| untitled | Wade Guyton | £300,000–£400,000 | |
| concetto spaziale, attese | Lucio Fontana | £600,000–£800,000 | |
| untitled (black and cream butterfly negative middle #633) | Mark Grotjahn | £400,000–£600,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis. Bacon | Self-Portrait | $21,457,980 | Sotheby's, Mar 2026 | |
| Francis. Bacon | Portrait of a Dwarf | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Francis. Bacon | Landscape near Malabata , Tangier | Christie's, Mar 2024 | ||
| Francis. Bacon | Portrait of George Dyer Crouching | Sotheby's, May 2024 | ||
| Francis. Bacon | Head with Raised Arm | Christie's, Oct 2017 | ||
| Francis. Bacon | Study of Henrietta Moraes Laughing | Christie's, Nov 2018 | ||
| Francis. Bacon | 'Pope with Owls' | Phillips, Nov 2021 | ||
| Francis. Bacon | Study for Head of Isabel Rawsthorne and George Dyer | Christie's, Jun 2015 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.