Contemporary Art Auction at Christie's

Christie's will auction off a few gemstones of contemporary art on February 8th. Far from being a communist, but I had very strange feelings when I passed by their shop window today and saw this wonderful Francis Bacon painting. The thought crossed my mind that this magnificent painting will soon disappear off and be hidden away from the public eye in a London, Arab or Russian home very soon. Maybe this will be one of the last photographs of it for a long, long time.

By the way, price is on application but the guide price for the Warhols and Liechtensteins in the shop windows adjacent to the Bacon is around 1 – 1.5 million pounds…