Scroll up
Skip to main content

'The exhilarated despair of Francis Bacon'

By David Sylvester
Details
Journal:
: Art News
Year: May 1975
Volume: Issue 74:5
Language: English
Pages: pp. 26-31
ISBN/ISSN: 0004-3273
Other Publication Details:

Introduction:
"The following is an excerpt from 'Francis Bacon Interviewed by David Sylvester', just published by Pantheon Books."

Number of artworks illustrated
3 works by Francis Bacon + other illustrations
Paintings
53-02 Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953; ill. p. 28 (titled 'Study after Velásquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X', b&w)
74-02 Triptych March 1974, 1974; ill. p. 30 (titled 'Triptych', centre panel)