Original Lithograph in colours,1986 , on Arches paper, with full margins, signed by the artist in pencil.

Edition: There were also 30 Hors Commerce proofs and 5 dedicated proofs made. The plate is destroyed.

Note:  Although the subject of this composition was John Edwards, Bacon's great friend for the later years of his life and the inheritor of his estate, it is nonetheless, like all Bacon's work, non specific. Bacon met Edwards whist he was working as a Barman in “The Swan”, one of three Pubs run by his elder brothers. He was asked to provide Champagne for Bacon - who never turned up. Later he met Bacon and abused him for this act of unkindness. As a result they became friends and would often eat breakfast together. 

Printed by: Arts Litho, Paris, 1986