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The Brutality of Fact: Interviews with Francis Bacon

By David Sylvester
Description

In these masterfully and creatively reconstructed interviews, Sylvester provided unparalleled access to the thought, work and life of one of the creative geniuses of the twentieth century.

Details
Edition: Third enlarged edition
Publisher:
London: Thames & Hudson
Year:  1987-1993-2012
Language: English
Pages: 207
ISBN/ISSN: 9780500274750
Paintings
33-01 Crucifixion, 1933; pp. 44-47, 70; ill. No. 56, p. 70 (b&w)
44-01 Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, 1944; pp. 8, 12, 44-47, 84, 112, 118; ill. No. 3, p. 8 (b&w); No. 4, p. 9 (centre panel, b&w)
45-05 Figure in a Landscape, 1945; ill. No. 144, p. 193 (b&w)
46-03 Painting 1946, 1946; p. 11; ill. No. 5, p. 10 (b&w)
49-01 Head II, 1949; p. 18; ill. No. 13, p. 19 (b&w)
49-07 Head VI, 1949; pp. 24, 37, 71-72; ill. No. 46, p. 50 (b&w)
49-09 Study for a Portrait, 1949; p. 22; ill. No. 17, p. 23, (b&w)
50-02 Fragment of a Crucifixion, 1950; pp. 44-46; ill. No. 42, p. 44 (b&w)
50-04 Study after Velázquez, 1950; pp. 24, 37, 71-72; ill. No. 23, p. 25 (b&w)
50-06 Painting, 1950; ill. No. 86, p. 114 (b&w)
51-05 Pope I, 1951; pp. 24, 37, 71-72; ill. No. 14, p. 20 (b&w)
51-06 Pope II, 1951; pp. 24, 37, 71-72; ill. No. 15, p. 20 (b&w)
51-07D Pope III, 1951; pp. 24, 37, 71-72; ill. No. 16, p. 21 (b&w)
52-01 Study for Crouching Nude, 1952; pp. 37, 110; ill. No. 83, p. 110 (b&w)
52-11 Landscape, 1952; ill. No. 53, p. 62 (b&w)
53-02 Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953; pp. 24, 37, 71-72; ill. No. 22, p. 25 (b&w)
53-03 Study for a Portrait, 1953; pp. 72-74; ill. No. 58, p. 73 (b&w)
53-23 Three Studies of the Human Head, 1953; p. 84; ill. No. 68, p. 85 (b&w), No. 69, p. 84 (right panel, detail, b&w)
53-24 Two Figures, 1953; pp. 74-76; ill. No. 59, p. 74 (b&w)
53-32 'Pope', 1953; pp. 24, 37, 71-72
54-01 Two Figures in the Grass, 1954; pp. 74-76; ill. No. 60, p. 75 (b&w)
54-14 Figure with Meat, 1954; pp. 24, 37, 71-72
54-15 Pope, 1954; pp. 24, 37, 71-72; ill. No. 19, p. 24 (b&w)
55-06 Study for a Head, 1955; pp. 24-25; ill. No. 21, p. 25 (b&w)
55-07 Man Drinking, 1955; ill. No. 57, p. 72 (titled 'Man Drinking (Portrait of David Sylvester)', b&w)
55-11 Study for a Pope, 1955; pp. 24, 37, 71-72
55-15 Study, 1955; pp. 24-25
57-02 Study for Figure IV, 1956 - 1957; ill. No. 45, p. 49 (b&w)
57-22 Study for Portrait, 1957; pp. 24, 37, 71-72
58-02 Painting, 1958; pp. 24, 37, 71-72
58-07 'Pope', 1958; pp. 24, 37, 71-72
58-08 'Pope', 1958; pp. 24, 37, 71-72