Study for a Self-Portrait—Triptych, 1985–86 is a triptych painted between 1985 and 1986 by the Irish-born English artist Francis Bacon. It is a brutally honest examination of the effect of age and tim
Study for a Self-Portrait—Triptych, 1985–86. Oil on canvas, each panel 198cm x 147.5cm. Marlborough Fine Art, London
Self-Portrait, 1973
Muriel Belcher
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Muriel Belcher was an English nightclub owner and artist's model who founded and managed the private drinking club The Colony Room. She was described by the journalist Jeffrey Bernard as "Originally f
Study for a Self-Portrait—Triptych, 1985–86
…closest friends had died in the years before he began the triptych, and their loss is evident in the triptych's sorrowful, mournful atmosphere. In 1979 Muriel Belcher, proprietor of Soho's Colony Room, died and in 1981 Bacon's youngest sister Winifred died. During the 1970s, he lost many of his friends, including his…
Muriel Belcher photographed by John Deakin at the Colony Room c. the mid 1950s
The Colony Room location on Dean Street
Left hand panel from Bacon’s 1966 triptych Three Studies for a Portrait of Muriel Belcher