Sotheby’s art handlers hold Francis Bacon’s ‘Portrait of George Dyer Crouching’ during a media preview. Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP
A portrait by British painter Francis Bacon of his great love sold for $27.7 million at Sotheby’s spring sales in New York on Monday, topping the first night of contemporary art auctions that grossed $234.6 million. The work fell short of the $30 million to $50 million range the house had estimated for the portrait...
