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FRANCIS BACON

Hand signed exhibition poster

£4,000

Original Tate Gallery exhibition poster for "Modern Masters," hand-signed by Francis Bacon in black ink. The work features Bacon’s signature distorted figurative style, a hallmark of his career investigating the human condition. While the poster was produced by Tate Publications, the artist’s autograph significantly increases its rarity, as Bacon rarely signed items outside of his formal editions. A vital intersection of 20th-century institutional history and personal artistic provenance.

This rare poster for the “Modern Masters” Tate exhibition is elevated by a bold, hand-inked signature from Francis Bacon, one of the most influential and visceral painters of the 20th century.

Bacon is renowned for his “Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion,” which redefined post-war art through themes of alienation and the grotesque. Because he was notoriously selective about signing commercial ephemera, this piece transforms a mass-produced graphic into a personal artifact. It captures Bacon’s ability to command presence through distorted, psychological forms, offering a direct link to his 1980s period when his status as a global master was firmly cemented.

Medium: Offset lithograph

Artist: Francis Bacon (Hand-Signed)

Publisher: Tate Gallery

Period: c. 1985

Authenticity: Signed by the artist in ink

Framing: Unframed.