Francis Bacon Tritypchs sell @ Christie’s - Auction - New York Times - Image by Andy Rain/European Pressphoto Agency“In the first and third panels he is shielded — or menaced, depending on the interpretation — by a black umbrella; in all three canvases there is a sense that he will be swallowed by a void.” Nothing gets more painfully beautiful than a Francis Bacon painting.  

Francis Bacon Tritypchs sell @ Christie’s - Auction - New York Times - Image by Andy Rain/European Pressphoto Agency

“In the first and third panels he is shielded — or menaced, depending on the interpretation — by a black umbrella; in all three canvases there is a sense that he will be swallowed by a void.”

Nothing gets more painfully beautiful than a Francis Bacon painting.