Painted in 1980, the Freud was acquired for £2.8million by an anonymous bidder at an auction in 1998. In the top right hand corner of the picture a pair of legs are apparent - the artist reflected in a mirror. Bacon's triptych was painted in Paris in 1975, as he was trying to recover from the suicide of his lover George Dyer in 1971. The painting's owner acquired it in Paris in 1976 and it has never been seen before in public.