Many important events in the life of Francis Bacon occur in the 1960s; Bacon was showered with many awards and honors. In 1968 – the first trip to New York, “Triptych on the theme of the poem by Thomas Eliot”, 1967. In 1971 – a retrospective at the Grand Palace, in Paris: over 100 paintings and 11 triptychs.
In the same year, in connection with the death of Georges Dyer, Francis Bacon wrote a triptych “In Memory of Georges Dyer”. This is a tribute to a close friend and beloved artist. Triptych is not written in such a rigid manner of abstractionism, it is lyrical. A warm yellow lamp, red stairs rise up.
The familiar door, the bell button – here it was always waiting. On the right side of the triptych is the image of a lonely man sitting by the window. As a memory of a bygone friend, of the inextricability of their friendship – a reflection in the glass of a small table. Portraits and allegories for the death of Georges Dyer are given enough space in the artist’s work.
En mémoire de Georges Dyer – Francis Bacon 
En memoria de Georges Dyer – Francis Bacon 
Oresteia Aeschyla by Francis Bacon 
Triptych on the theme of TS Eliot’s poem by Francis Bacon 
Sleeping Man by Francis Bacon 
Three sketches of figures at the Crucifixion by Francis Bacon 
Magdalena by Francis Bacon 
Hombre durmiente – Francis Bacon