Technicians pose with 'Study for Portrait of Lucian Freud' by Francis Bacon at Sotheby's.
(Picture: REUTERS)A Francis Bacon painting of Lucian Freud has sold for a record-breaking £43.4 million at auction.
The work, Study For Portrait Of Lucian Freud, had not been seen in public for almost 60 years and was owned by the same person - described by Sotheby’s as a “distinguished European collector” for four decades.
