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Francis Bacon

By Matthew Gale (ed.) and Chris Stephens (ed.)
Details
Publisher:
London: Tate Publishing
Year:  2008
Language: English
Pages: 288
ISBN/ISSN: 9781854378248
Format: Hardback
Contents
Matthew Gale, Chris Stephens, 'On the Margin of the Impossible', pp. 14-27
Gary Tinterow, 'Bacon and His Critics', pp. 28-39
Martin Harrison, 'Bacon's Paintings', pp. 40-49
David Alan Mellor, 'Film, Fantasy, History in Francis Bacon', pp. 50-62
Simon Ofield, 'Comparative Strangers', pp. 64-73
Victoria Walsh, '"Real Imagination is Technical Imagination"', pp. 74-88
Number of artworks illustrated
90 works
Paintings
33-01 Crucifixion, 1933; pp. 31, 47, 91, 137, 255; ill. No. 16, p. 31 (b&w); p. 145
33-02 After Picasso, 'La Danse', 1933; pp. 137-139 (titled 'Crucifixion')
33-03 The Crucifixion, 1933; pp. 19, 137-139, 143, 255; ill. No. 74, p. 138
35-01 Figures in a Garden, 1935; pp. 47, 49, 91, 92; ill. No. 31, p. 47
36-02D Abstraction, 1936; pp. 139 (dated '1937'), 275
36-03D Abstraction from the Human Form, 1936; pp. 139 (dated '1937'), 275
44-01 Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, 1944; pp. 17, 28, 56, 91-92, 107, 137, 139-140, 143, 233-234, 257, 260, 268, 272; ill. No. 15, p. 29; pp. 146-147
45-01 Man in a Cap, 1945; p. 92; ill. No. 62, p. 93 (dated 'c.1943', b&w)
45-03 Man Standing, 1945; p. 92; ill. No. 64, p. 93 (dated '1941-2')
45-05 Figure in a Landscape, 1945; pp. 17, 19, 27, 60-61, 91-92, 94, 257, 258, 268; ill. p. 97
46-01 Figure Study I, 1945 - 1946; pp. 92, 257, 274; ill. p. 98
46-02 Figure Study II, 1945 - 1946; pp. 92, 257; ill. No. 18, p. 35 (installation view, b&w); p. 99
46-03 Painting 1946, 1946; pp. 30, 41, 45, 49, 59-60, 87, 91-92, 94, 107, 140, 257, 268, 269; ill. p. 101
46-04 Landscape with Car, 1945 - 1946; p. 92; ill. No. 63, p. 93 (earlier version titled 'Figure Getting Out of a Car', dated '1943', b&w)
48-01 Head I, 1948; pp. 31, 94, 271; ill. No. 17, p. 32; p. 102
48-02D Study for Man with Microphones, 1946 - 1948; pp. 30, 92, 257; ill. No. 126, p. 257 (earlier version)
49-01 Head II, 1949; pp. 17, 31, 94, 271; ill. p. 90 (detail); p. 103
49-02 Head III, 1949; pp. 17, 94
49-04 Head V, 1949; pp. 17, 94
49-07 Head VI, 1949; pp. 17-18, 44, 77, 94, 107, 110, 165; ill. Front cover; p. 104
49-08 Study from the Human Body, 1949; pp. 94, 107, 168; ill. p. 105
50-02 Fragment of a Crucifixion, 1950; pp. 82, 140; ill. No. 59, p. 83
50-04 Study after Velázquez, 1950; pp. 18, 77, 107, 110, 258; ill. p. 112
51-03 Study for Nude, 1951; pp. 110, 165; ill. p. 115
51-05 Pope I, 1951; p. 110; ill. p. 114 (titled 'Pope I - Study after Pope Innocent X by Velásquez')
51-06 Pope II, 1951; p. 82 (titled 'Study after Velázquez')
52-01 Study for Crouching Nude, 1952; pp. 22, 43, 49, 110, 153, 166, 167; ill. p. 108 (detail); p. 118
52-03 Dog, 1952; pp. 27, 107, 111, 259; ill. p. 113 (titled 'Study of a Dog')
52-22 'Marching Figures', 1952; p. 76 (dated '1950')
53-01 Study of a Nude, 1952 - 1953; pp. 122, 165; ill. p. 125
53-03 Study for a Portrait, 1953; pp. 82, 124; ill. p. 126
53-06 Man with Dog, 1953; pp. 44, 122, 274; ill. p. 120 (detail); p. 130
53-17 Study of a Baboon, 1953; p. 27, 124; ill. p. 127
53-23 Three Studies of the Human Head, 1953; p. 124; ill. No. 70, p. 123
53-24 Two Figures, 1953; pp. 64, 70, 124, 165-166, 214, 237; ill. No. 46, p. 65
53-29 Study for a Portrait, 1953; p. 124; ill. p. 131
54-01 Two Figures in the Grass, 1954; pp. 64, 111, 153, 166, 260; ill. p. 134