Pawn is a fan of Francis Bacon (as written before on these pages) and was surprised to find the image above in a recent collection at Michael Wolf’s web site:
MICHAEL WOLF | PHOTOGRAPHY | HONGKONG
This is a copy of one of Bacon’s more famous paintings from a series on Pope Innocent X (1953):
Image:Study after Velazquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X.jpg – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Having seen the orignal in person some months back, I am tempted to order a copy from China (see Heading East).
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