Francis Bacon’s Two Greatest Obsessions – The Pope and George Dyer

In this rare masterpiece, for the first and only time in his oeuvre, Bacon united his two greatest obsessions: reworking the 1962 canvas Study from Innocent X, the artist staged a haunting encounter between the Pope and George Dyer — his great muse and lover. Unseen in public for nearly 45 years, Study of Red Pope, 1962, 2nd version offers a deeply poignant insight into one of the Francis Bacon's most important bodies of work. Find out more: http://ift.tt/2xXZD1v -- Subscribe to Christie's YouTube: http://goo.gl/Vmh7Hf Sign up to Christie's Weekly: https://goo.gl/kc8qpV Follow Christie's on: Facebook: http://ift.tt/2elC9Zg Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristiesInc Instagram: http://ift.tt/2iJ3lGm Pinterest: http://ift.tt/2elCafM