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Francis Bacon: A Terrible Beauty

By Logan Sisley (ed.)
Description

This book is an in-depth investigation into the Francis Bacon's studio archive at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane. It is an essential tool for all those interested in Francis Bacon and a must for future scholarship on the artist.

Details
Publisher:
Göttingen: Steidl
Year:  2009
Language: English
Pages: 208
ISBN/ISSN: 9783869300276
Contents
Logan Sisley, 'Catalogue of Paintings', pp. 12-40
Martin Harrison, 'Unfinished Paintings', pp. 40-49
Barbara Dawson, 'Francis Bacon: A Terrible Beauty', pp. 50-69
Martin Harrison, 'Latent Images', pp. 70-87
Jessica O' Donnell, '"The Street ... the only Valid Field of Experience" : Francis Bacon and the Photography of John Deakin', pp. 88-121
Marcel Finke, '"I Don't Find It At All Violent Myself" : Bacon's Material Practice and the Human Body', pp. 122-133
Rebecca Daniels, 'Francis Bacon and Peter Beard: The Dead Elephant Interviews and Other Stories', pp. 134-151
Joanna Shepard, 'A Game of Chance: The Media and Techniques of Francis Bacon', pp. 152-175
Number of artworks illustrated
22 works, works on paper and selected archival material, illus.
Paintings
33-02 After Picasso, 'La Danse', 1933; p. 112 (titled 'The Dance (Crucifixion)')
45-05 Figure in a Landscape, 1945; pp. 14, 74; ill. No. 5, p. 15
45-06 Study for a Figure, 1945; pp. 12, 74; ill. No. 4, p. 13
46-03 Painting 1946, 1946; pp. 32, 153, 155, 156, 175; ill. No. 164, p. 154
48-01 Head I, 1948; pp. 16, 158; ill. No. 170, p. 159
48-02D Study for Man with Microphones, 1946 - 1948; pp. 14, 55, 155-160, 174, 175; ill. No. 165, p. 157 (first state); no. 166, p. 157 (second state); No. 167, p. 157 (detail); No. 168, p. 157 (detail)
49-01 Head II, 1949; pp. 16, 158, 175; ill. No. 6, p. 17
52-23 'Figure with Raised Arm', 1952; p. 42; ill. No. 19, p. 43 (dated 'c. 1949')
53-05 'Sea', 1953; p. 20; ill. No. 8, p. 21 (dated '1954')
53-06 Man with Dog, 1953; p. 18, 20, 90
54-02 'Man at a Washbasin', 1954; p. 18; ill. No. 7, p. 19 (dated 'c. 1953')