Lot 165: John Minihan b.1946 , francis bacon

signed, inscribed and dated l.l. : Francis Bacon is one of the most outstanding painters of the twentieth century, photographed in London, 1976; signed, titled, dated London 1976 and numbered 1/6 on the reverse silver gelatin print

plate: 38 by 37.5cm.; 15 by 14¾in.

?I first met Francis Bacon outside the Marlborough Magistrate's court in 1971?Over the next 20 years I photographed Bacon in London, and at his invitation, in Paris for his show at the Claude Bernard Gallery, in 1977. Bacon was courteous to those who knew him, and respected photography, which is the salient influence in much of his work?. (John Minihan in the Introduction, exh.cat., Photographs of Francis Bacon, Samuel Beckett, William S. Burroughs by John Minihan, The London Gallery, 1990, p.4)