Maybe China Was Behind Christie’s Bacon Reordering? Here is a funny little story behind lot 8A! Regardless of who the buyer was, it is important to remember, that the record price was for 3 large paintings. This actually works out to $47.46M per painting … back in 2007 Bacon’s Study for Innocent X (a single piece, shown below) brought $52.68M.
Francis Bacon
“Study for Innocent X”