Looking Back at Francis Bacon
Description
Divided into the sections ‘Review’, ‘Reflections’, ‘Fragments of Talk’ and ‘Biographical Note’ "Looking Back at Francis Bacon" is a unique portrait of one of the creative geniuses of our age by a writer of comparable distinction.
Details
Publisher:
London: Thames & Hudson
Year:
2000
Language: English
Pages: 272
ISBN/ISSN: 0500019940
Other Publication Details:
Includes revised texts previously published in exhibition catalogues Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London, 1984; Museo Correr, Venice, 1993; Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1996; Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, 1996; Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, 1998; Hayward Gallery, London, 1998; and Tate Gallery, London, 1999 solo exhibitions; revised texts previously published in Connaissance des Arts (1966), and The Independent on Sunday, 1 Feb. 1998.
Number of artworks illustrated
121 works
Paintings
33-01 Crucifixion, 1933; pp. 13-17; 152; ill. No. 1, p. 12
34-01 Corner of the Studio, 1934; p. 16; ill. No. 4, p. 15 (b&w)
34-02 Interior of a Room, 1934; pp. 16-17; ill. No. 5, p. 16 (dated 'c. 1935', b&w)
35-01 Figures in a Garden, 1935; p. 17; ill. No. 6, p. 17 (b&w)
44-01 Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, 1944; pp. 18, 100, 218, 257; ill. No. 8, p. 19 (b&w), No. 83, unpaged (fold-out), pp. 249-252 (detail, b&w)
44-02 'Fury', 1944; p. 21; ill. No. 9, p. 20 (titled 'Untitled', dated '1943-4', b&w)
45-05 Figure in a Landscape, 1945; pp. 22-25, 72, 175, 257; ill. No. 11, p. 23
46-01 Figure Study I, 1945 - 1946; pp. 25-28; ill. No. 14, p. 26
46-02 Figure Study II, 1945 - 1946; pp. 25-30; ill. No. 15, p. 27
46-03 Painting 1946, 1946; pp. 30-31, 100-107, 108, 257; ill. No. 20, p. 31
46-04 Landscape with Car, 1945 - 1946; pp. 18-19, 21; ill. No. 7, p. 18 (earlier iteration, 'Figure Getting out of a Car', dated 'c. 1943', b&w), ill. No. 10, p. 21 (b&w)
48-01 Head I, 1948; pp. 33-35, 37, 77; ill. No. 21, pp. 34, 227-230 (detail, b&w)
49-01 Head II, 1949; pp. 33-36, 77; ill. No. 22, p. 35 (b&w)
49-07 Head VI, 1949; p. 77
49-08 Study from the Human Body, 1949; pp. 50, 54-56; ill. No. 39, p. 55
49-09 Study for a Portrait, 1949; pp. 24, 33-37; ill. No. 26, pp. 39, 181-185 (detail, b&w)
50-01 Man at Curtain, 1950; pp. 36-37; ill. No. 24, p. 36
50-02 Fragment of a Crucifixion, 1950; pp. 24, 33-36, 40; ill. No. 27, p. 41
50-04 Study after Velázquez, 1950; pp. 44-51, 58; ill. Front cover (detail), No. 30, p. 45, No. 32, p. 48 (detail, b&w)
50-05 'Study after Velázquez', 1950; p. 46 (titled 'Study after Velasquez II' and 'Untitled (Pope)'); ill. No. 31, p. 47 (titled 'Untitled (Pope)')
50-06 Painting, 1950; pp. 46, 56-58, 88; ill. No. 40, p. 57
51-02 Head, 1951; p. 36; ill. No. 23, p. 36 (b&w)
51-03 Study for Nude, 1951; pp. 58, 60, 64; ill. No. 43, p. 61
51-04 Portrait of Lucian Freud, 1951; p. 24; ill. No. 50, p. 67 (b&w)
51-05 Pope I, 1951; ill. No. 156, p. 260 (installation shot, b&w)
51-06 Pope II, 1951; ill. No. 37, p. 52 (b&w), ill. No. 156, p. 260 (installation shot, b&w)
51-07D Pope III, 1951; ill. No. 156, p. 260 (installation shot, b&w)
51-08 'Crouching Nude', 1951; p. 58; ill. No. 42, p. 59 (b&w)
51-09 'Figure', 1951; pp. 37, 58; ill. No. 25, p. 38 (titled 'Untitled (Figure)')
52-01 Study for Crouching Nude, 1952; pp. 58, 60; ill. No. 44, p. 62, ill. No. 156, p. 260 (installation shot, b&w)
52-03 Dog, 1952; pp. 44-46, 77; ill. No. 58, p. 76
52-12 Study of Figure in a Landscape, 1952; pp. 72-77; ill. No. 57, p. 75
52-24 'Crouching Nude', 1952; ill. No. 45, p. 63 (titled 'Untitled (Crouching Nude on Rail)')
53-01 Study of a Nude, 1952 - 1953; pp. 78, 203, 218; ill. No. 60, p. 80
53-02 Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953; pp. 49, 81; ill. No. 61, p. 82
53-03 Study for a Portrait, 1953; p. 78; ill. No. 59, p. 79
53-06 Man with Dog, 1953; p. 81; ill. No. 62, p. 83 (b&w)
53-19 Study for Figure II, 1953; pp. 91, 204; ill. No. 74, p. 92, No. 140, p. 204 (detail, b&w)
53-23 Three Studies of the Human Head, 1953; pp. 70, 215-217; ill. No. 53, p. 71, No. 54, p. 71 (right panel), No. 147, p. 215 (b&w), No. 148, p. 216 (right panel, b&w)
53-24 Two Figures, 1953; pp. 72, 81, 259, 261; ill. No. 55, p. 73
53-31 'Portrait of a Man Walking', 1953; ill. No. 51, p. 68 (titled 'Untitled (David Sylvester Walking)', dated 'c. 1954')
54-01 Two Figures in the Grass, 1954; pp. 72, 175; ill. No. 56, p. 74
54-05 Man in Blue I, 1954; ill. No. 63, p. 84 (b&w)
54-08 Man in Blue IV, 1954; p. 77
54-15 Pope, 1954; ill. No. 149, p. 217 (dated '1955', b&w)
55-03 Study for Portrait III (after the Life Mask of William Blake), 1955; ill. No. 52, p. 69
55-16 Sketch for a Portrait of Lisa, 1955; pp. 202-203; ill. No. 138, p. 202 (b&w)
56-01 Self-Portrait, 1956; pp. 81, 91, 223; ill. No. 64, p. 85
56-04 Portrait of Lisa, 1956; p. 202