Here is the background. The 1st picture is a real one, a self-portrait by Frances Bacon which shows his art style (and is worth a couple of bob on the open market). The centre image is also a real photo of a person called VS, who lives as a drag artist. The 3rd image is taken in ITC water-vapour by Tina Laurent. The big question is whether there is a connection between these. The tale goes as follows : VS was a close e-friend of TLs, and at one period VS organised a show/viewing of FBs artwork/paintings in the very large capital city of his home country. VS was involved in this task for some months, and e-mailed TL about it all many times. Then suddenly one day TL downloaded the 3rd image. It has a striking resemblance to VS but is also in FBs self-portrait style? It has in addition a caricature quality to it, and a close look at the para-pic will show that the prominent nose on the R is also the handle of hand-held face mirror. We remain pretty sure that the sender of this image was the subject that VS was so interested in. That is to say the soul of FB himself. Needless to say not all are convinced by this suggestion, but I have seen enough of TLs images (thousands) to know that the probabilities are very high. If only the provenance could be established, the 3rd image is a unique case, (there are other similar ones in Tinas portfolio from other artists?), of a picture painted post-mortem. As a genuine FB artwork the 3rd image could also have its value, but definite proof of course is lacking. As ever the viewer must decide where they stand on this one.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 07:59:22 +0000
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