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Shoppers in the meat aisle may have noticed something weird last month: Bacon prices are sizzling, but ham’s not so hot. Bacon is more expensive than it was a year ago, with prices up 6.9% from ...
1943. Cost of Bacon: $0.35 Inflation-Adjusted Cost: $6.18 To help counteract the rising prices of bacon and other goods during the war, the U.S. government instituted a complex rationing program.
Francis Bacon, Three Studies for a Crucifixion, 1962, Guggenheim Museum in New York Three Studies for a Crucifixion is a 1962 triptych oil painting by Francis Bacon.It was completed in March 1962 and comprises three separate canvases, each measuring 198.1 by 144.8 centimetres (6 ft 6.0 in × 4 ft 9.0 in).
Bacon did not [1] realise his original intention to paint a large crucifixion scene and place the figures at the foot of the cross. [2] The Three Studies are generally considered Bacon's first mature piece; [3] he regarded his works before the triptych as irrelevant, and throughout his life tried to suppress their appearance on the art market ...
It is the second most expensive Bacon ever sold, after Three Studies of Lucian Freud, being auctioned for US$86 million in 2008. [2] The triptych is a large three panel painting (each panel measuring 78 x 58 in, 198 x 147.5 cm), [3] with dense colors and abstract shapes. Bacon used his usual technique, starting on the left panel and working across.
Letters from the era, for example, show that basic foodstuffs were often replaced with lesser goods—say, cereal mixed in with coffee, or dried grass sold as tea, or meat swapped with lower ...
Three Studies of Lucian Freud is a 1969 oil-on-canvas [1] triptych by the Irish-born British painter Francis Bacon, depicting artist Lucian Freud.It was sold in November 2013 for US$ 142.4 million, which at the time was the highest price attained at auction for a work of art when not factoring in inflation.
Much like other breakfast staples like eggs and cereal, bacon has not been immune to the soaring cost of inflation this year. According to data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and...