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He looks simultaneously strong, almost raging, yet also fragile and profoundly distressed. This painting is also a key element in the artist’s relationship with his muse. Bacon had met Dyer a few months prior, and this work marks the very first portrait he created of him. More reminiscent of muscle and tissue than skin, the painting’s raw, carnal quality aligns with Bacon’s general concerns about human mortality. Deviating from traditional representations, this troubling depiction is positioned near the “Chaos” section, resonating with its thematic surroundings.",[],{"type":22,"text":230,"spans":231,"direction":117},"Portraits in the post-war era",[232],{"start":40,"end":233,"type":182},29,{"type":22,"text":235,"spans":236,"direction":117},"Portraits were central to Bacon’s practice. However, after the Second World War, this age-old genre was not widespread among celebrated artists who mainly explored non-figurative tendencies. 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Sales prices of his paintings remain a match for the world’s leading iconic artists, the first ever Artist Report from ArtExplored reveals. ",[],{"type":22,"text":334,"spans":335},"Click on the visual below to read the full report. ",[336],{"start":233,"end":337,"type":273,"data":338},51,{"link_type":275,"url":339,"target":340},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.artexplored.com\u002FFrancis-Bacon-Artist-Report\u002Findex.html#\u002Fpage\u002F0","_blank",{"type":215,"url":342,"alt":7,"copyright":343,"dimensions":344,"id":345,"edit":346,"linkTo":347},"https:\u002F\u002Fprismic-io.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fartexplorer-prod\u002Fa56b4bb6-451f-4e06-a804-caa9fdc48688_EM_Sitting+Nude+Morning_Oil_on_canvas_1922-25+1.jpg","Detail of Man in Blue VII, 1954, Francis Bacon - © The Estate of Francis Bacon. 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It still ranks as the seventh most expensive artwork ever sold at auction and, adjusting for inflation, its price today would be over $181m.\n\nIndeed, by adjusting all prices for inflation, three would have sold for over $100m today including Triptych, 1976 (its 2008 auction sale price adjusted for current inflation hits more than $120m) and Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards (1984) (its 2014 auction sale price, when adjusted for inflation, is just over $101m today). \n\nMarket prices for Bacon peaked in 2007-2008 and 2013-2015 but his work has proven resilient in economic downturns. His fourth-best auction price, achieved in 2020 during the Covid-19 global recession – for Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus (1981) is the equivalent of $84.6 in today's money. \n\nMost recently, in 2022, in the Modern art market, sales of Bacon's work were surpassed only by Pablo Picasso. According to the Art Market 2022 report compiled by ArtTactic, Picasso accounted for $388.8m in auction sales in 2022. Bacon came second with sales over the year worth $224.9m followed by René Magritte in third place with sales of $191.5m. Magritte’s L’empire des Lumières (1961) which sold for $68.8m at Sotheby’s in 2022, achieved the highest sales price for a Modern painting in 2022.\n\nOver the last 20 years, of 135 Bacon paintings sold, 47.3% of total sales revenue was achieved by pieces selling between $10m and $50m with a further 44.4% of sales revenue coming from works achieving prices of more than $50m. Analysing 37 repeat sales of Bacon's artworks over the last 20 years, they have achieved a respectable average compound annual growth rate of 8.3%.\n\nWorks from Bacon’s \"Power of Colour\"  phase (between 1957 to 1979) have achieved the highest average prices and, with total sales of $2.5bn, they account for over three-quarters of all sales revenue from lots sold in the last 20 years.\n\nThe average sales price of an artwork emanating from this period is $29.7m and all but two of the top 10 paintings (with auction sales prices adjusted for inflation) of Bacon paintings sold also come from this period including Portrait of George Dyer Talking (1966) (sold for $70.2m in 2014) and Study from Innocent X (1962) which sold for $52.6m in 2020.  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