Trapping Appearance: Portraits by Francis Bacon and Alberto Giacometti from the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection
Details
Publisher:
Norwich: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Year:
1996
Language: English
Pages: 49
ISBN/ISSN: 0946009252
Contents
David Sylvester, 'Bacon and Giacometti: Likeness and difference' [revised version published in: David Sylvester: Looking back at Francis Bacon. London: Thames & Hudson, 2000], pp. 5-10
David Sylvester, 'Francis Bacon's Portraits of Robert and Lisa Sainsbury: An Interview with Lisa Sainsbury', pp. 30-31
Number of artworks illustrated
13 works by Francis Bacon + other illustrations
Paintings
53-01 Study of a Nude, 1952 - 1953; ill. p. 12
55-09 Portrait of R.J. Sainsbury, 1955; ill. p. 14 (titled 'Portrait of R. J. Sainsbury (Robert Sainsbury)', detail)
55-15 Study, 1955; ill. p. 13 (titled 'Study (Imaginary Portrait of Pope Pius XII)', detail)
55-16 Sketch for a Portrait of Lisa, 1955; ill. on book cover (detail), ill. p. 15 (detail)
56-03 Study for Portrait of Van Gogh I, 1956; ill. p. 18 (detail)
56-04 Portrait of Lisa, 1956; ill. p. 16
57-17 Portrait of Lisa, 1957; ill. p. 17
57-20 Study for Portrait of P.L. No. 2, 1957; ill. p. 19
59-03 Two Figures in a Room, 1959; ill. p. 20
60-12 Head of a Man, 1960; ill. p. 22 (detail)
60-13 Head of Woman, 1960; ill. p. 23 (titled 'Head of a Woman', detail)
60-15 Head of Man, 1960; ill. p. 21 (titled 'Head of a Man no. 1', detail)
65-04 Three Studies for Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne, 1965; ill. p. 24 (titled 'Three Studies for a Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne', installation shot), ill. p. 25 (titled like above, left panel, detail), ill. p. 26 (titled like above, centre panel, detail), ill. p. 27 (titled like above, right panel, detail)