Newhouse Family Is Selling Bacon's Portrait of a Tormented Muse
- The 1969 work may fetch as much as $18 million at Christie’s
- It was owned by billionaire ‘Si’ Newhouse, who died last year
A little gem by Francis Bacon from the storied postwar art collection of the late publishing magnate Samuel “Si” Newhouse Jr. is the latest trophy heading to auction next month in New York.
Just 14-by-12 inches, “Study of Henrietta Moraes Laughing,” will be sold at Christie’s postwar and contemporary art evening sale on Nov. 15. The 1969 work is estimated at $14 million to $18 million. The auction record for Bacon is $142.4 million.