Artist: Francis Bacon [imputee] (Irish/British, 1909-1992). Title: "Study for Portrait of Henrietta Moraes". Medium: Mixed Media (watercolor and pastel). Date: Composed c1969. Dimensions: Overall size: 14 1/16 x 12 in. (357 x 305 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed in ink, lower right. Cream wove paper. Fine condition. Provenance: Estate of a collector, London. Comment(s): Henrietta Moraes (1933–1999) was a close friend and drinking companion of Bacon's from the early 1960s and became one of his favorite models. She never posed in person for him; instead he worked either from photographs commissioned from John Deakin or from memory. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30143-3-16000]