Francis Bacon

Photo: Christie's Images Ltd
NYTimes:

ARTIST: Francis Bacon
TITLE: “Study for Self-Portrait” (1964)
AUCTION HOUSE: Christie’s
ESTIMATED PRICE: $40 million

This full-length portrait is one of the highlights of Christie's Nov. 12 sale. Christie's is hoping to capitalize on the record prices paid for Bacon's works recently. A 1976 Bacon triptych went for $86.3 million in May. Still, there is no getting around the fact that ''the market has changed,'' said Brett Gorvy, co-head of Christie's postwar and contemporary art department.