Study for Portrait, Number IV (After the Life Mask of William Blake) (Oil on canvas, each 61.1 x 50.8cm (24 1/8 x 20 in), Museum of Modern Art, New York City) (small triptych)[33]
1956–57
Study for Portrait No.6 (Oil on canvas, 149 x 116cm (58.6 x 45.6 in), Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne)[34]
1957
Study for a Portrait of Van Gogh IV (Oil on canvas, 152.4cm × 116.8cm, Tate Gallery, London)[35]
Study for a Portrait of Van Gogh VI (Oil on canvas, 198.1cm × 142.2cm (78 x 56in), Arts Council Collection, London)[36]
Triptych – Studies of the Human Body (1970) (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58.5 in), Private collection of Jacques Hachuel, Paris) (large triptych)
Triptych – Studies from the Human Body (1970) (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection of Jacques Hachuel, Paris) (large triptych)
Three Studies of Figures on Beds (Oil and tempere on canvas, 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) (large triptych)
1973
Three Portraits: Posthumous Portrait of George Dyer, Self-portrait, and Portrait of Lucian Freud (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 57 in), Beyler Foundation, Riehen, near Basel) (large triptych)
Triptych – Studies of the Human Body (1979) (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) (large triptych)[73]
1979–80
Three Studies for a Self-Portrait (Oil on canvas, each 37.5cm × 31.8cm (14 3/4 x 12.5 in), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City) (small triptych)[74]
Triptych November 1981 – January 1982 (left panel) (Oil, pastel and transfer lettering on canvas, 198 x 147.5cm, Private collection, the Estate of Francis Bacon)[75]
1982
Three Studies for Portrait (Mick Jagger) (Oil and pastel on canvas, each panel 35.5 x 30.5cm (14 x 12 in), Private collection, New York City) (small triptych)[76]
1983
Three Studies for a Self Portrait (Oil on canvas, 34.9 x 30.5cm (13 3/4 x 12 in), Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu)[77]
Triptych 1983 (Oil and pastel on canvas, 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection of Juan Abelló) (large triptych)[78]
1984
Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) (large triptych)[79]