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Francis Bacon

By Lawrence Gowing and Sam Hunter
Details
Publishers:
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution
London: Thames & Hudson
Year:  1990
Language: English
Pages: 187
ISBN/ISSN: 0500092001
Contents
Lawrence Gowing, 'Francis Bacon: The Human Presence', pp. 11-26
Sam Hunter, 'Metaphor and Meaning in Francis Bacon', pp. 27-38
Number of artworks illustrated
59 works
Paintings
44-01 Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, 1944; pp. 7, 12-13, 33; ill. No. 4, p. 33 (b&w)
45-05 Figure in a Landscape, 1945; p. 13; ill. No. 1, unpaged
46-02 Figure Study II, 1945 - 1946; p. 13; ill. No. 2, unpaged
46-03 Painting 1946, 1946; pp. 14, 15, 21, 29; ill. No. 3, unpaged
48-01 Head I, 1948; pp. 14-15; ill. No. 4, unpaged
49-01 Head II, 1949; pp. 14-15; ill. No. 5, unpaged
49-09 Study for a Portrait, 1949; ill. No. 7, unpaged (titled 'Study for Portrait (Man in a Blue Box)')
50-02 Fragment of a Crucifixion, 1950; p. 20; ill. No. 8, unpaged
51-05 Pope I, 1951; p. 30; ill. No. 9, unpaged
52-01 Study for Crouching Nude, 1952; pp. 8, 32, 36; ill. No. 10, unpaged
53-03 Study for a Portrait, 1953; p. 30; ill. No. 14, unpaged
53-06 Man with Dog, 1953; ill. No. 12, unpaged
53-16 Sphinx II, 1953; ill. No. 16, unpaged
53-17 Study of a Baboon, 1953; ill. No. 15, unpaged
54-01 Two Figures in the Grass, 1954; p. 20; ill. No. 17, unpaged
57-11 Study for Portrait of Van Gogh III, 1957; p. 20; ill. No. 19, unpaged
58-01 Self-Portrait, 1958; ill. No. 20, unpaged
59-09 Sleeping Figure, 1959; p. 20; ill. No. 21, unpaged
60-02 Head of Woman, 1960; ill. No. 22, unpaged
62-04 Three Studies for a Crucifixion, 1962; p. 20; ill. No. 24, unpaged (foldout)
63-06 Landscape near Malabata, Tangier, 1963; p. 20; ill. No. 25, unpaged
67-11 Study for a Portrait, 1967; ill. No. 32, unpaged
67-16 Triptych, 1967; pp. 8, 23, 32; ill. No. 33, unpaged (titled 'Triptych Inspired by T.S. Eliot's Poem Sweeney Agonistes', foldout)
69-03 Lying Figure, 1969; ill. No. 35, unpaged