Tate to return Francis Bacon archive—once valued at £20m—to donor who was close friend of the artist - Art Newspaper

A thousand documents and sketches from the Barry Joule collection to be deaccessioned by London museum over attribution doubts

Tate is to deaccession a thousand documents and sketches said to have come from the studio of Francis Bacon. The Art Newspaper can report that they are to be returned to Barry Joule, a close friend o… [+3844 chars]

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