CLIVE BARKER (British, b. 1940)

Study of Francis Bacon, No. 3, 1978 Polished bronze 10.5 high & 18.5 cm long Provenance: The collection of George Melly Exhibition History: 1978, Clive Barker: 12 Studies of Francis Bacon. Francis Bacon: 3 Studies of Clive Barker, Felicity Samuel Gallery, London; 1981-82, Clive Barker: Sculpture, Drawings & Prints, Retrospective Exhibition, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield and tour, cat.45 Literature: Clive Barker: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints (retrospective exhibition catalogue, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield and tour, cat. 45; A.J. FERMON & M. LIVINGSTONE, Clive Barker. Sculpture. Catalogue raisonné 1958- 2000, Milan, 2002, cat.173, p. 118, ill.