Francis Bacon in the 1950s

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By Michael Peppiatt

Details

Type: Exhibition catalogue

Publisher:

New Haven: Yale University Press in assoc. with the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

Year: 2006

Language: English

Pages: 200

ISBN: 030012192X

Other Publication Details:

‘Bacon’s Eyes’, pp. 3–11, is a revised version of the text published in exh. cat. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 2003, and ‘Francis Bacon in the 1950s’, pp. 13–67, is a revised version published in Michael Peppiatt, Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait: Essays and Interviews, 2008,
pp. 46–95.

Number of artworks illustrated

55 works

Paintings

33-01 Crucifixion, 1933; pp. 61, 164

33-03 The Crucifixion, 1933; pp. 61, 164

36-03D Abstraction from the Human Form, 1936; 24

44-01 Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, 1944; pp. 17, 32, 165, 171

45-05 Figure in a Landscape, 1945; p. 32

46-01 Figure Study I, 1945 - 1946; p. 165

46-02 Figure Study II, 1945 - 1946; p. 165; ill. No. 2, unpaged

46-03 Painting 1946, 1946; pp. 17, 143, 165; ill. No. 8, p. 18

48-01 Head I, 1948; p. 165

49-01 Head II, 1949; p. 165

49-02 Head III, 1949; p. 165; ill. No. 5, unpaged

49-03 Head IV (Man with a Monkey), 1949; p. 165

49-04 Head V, 1949; p. 165

49-07 Head VI, 1949; p. 165; ill. No. 7, p. 15

50-02 Fragment of a Crucifixion, 1950; ill. No. 9, p. 23

51-01 Figure with Monkey, 1951; ill. No. 10, unpaged

51-04 Portrait of Lucian Freud, 1951; p. 165; ill. No. 3, unpaged

51-05 Pope I, 1951; pp. 32, 165

51-06 Pope II, 1951; pp. 32, 165; ill. No. 11, p. 27

51-07D Pope III, 1951; p. 165

52-03 Dog, 1952; ill. No. 35, unpaged (titled 'Study of a Dog')

52-05 Study of a Head, 1952; ill. No. 1, unpaged (titled 'Study for the Head of a Screaming Pope')

52-07 Study for a Head, 1952; ill. No. 28, unpaged

52-10 Study for Head, 1952; ill. No. 6, unpaged (titled 'Screaming Man')

52-14 Elephant Fording a River, 1952; pp. 26, 165; ill. No. 12, unpaged

52-15D Rhinoceros, 1952; p. 26

52-19 Man Eating a Leg of Chicken, 1952; ill. No. 33, p. 168 (installation shot, b&w)

53-01 Study of a Nude, 1952 - 1953; pp. 33, 155; ill. No. 31, unpaged

53-02 Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953; p. 166; ill. No. 17, p. 39

53-06 Man with Dog, 1953; p. 32; ill. No. 11, unpaged

53-07 Study for Portrait I, 1953; pp. 33, 46, 166

53-08 Study for a Portrait II, 1953; pp. 33, 46, 166

53-09 Study for Portrait III, 1953; pp. 33, 46, 166

53-10 Study for Portrait IV, 1953; pp. 33, 46, 166

53-11 Study for Portrait V, 1953; pp. 33, 46, 166

53-12 Study for Portrait VI, 1953; pp. 33, 46, 166

53-13 Study for Portrait VII, 1953; pp. 32, 33, 46, 166; ill. No. 29, unpaged (titled 'Number VIII from Eight Studies for a Portrait')

53-14 Study for Portrait VIII, 1953; pp. 33, 46, 166

53-15 Sphinx I, 1953; pp. 33, 46, 165

53-16 Sphinx II, 1953; pp. 33, 46, 165; ill. No. 33, unpaged (titled 'Study of the Sphinx')

53-17 Study of a Baboon, 1953; ill. p. 25

53-22 Study of the Human Head, 1953; ill. No. 40, unpaged

53-23 Three Studies of the Human Head, 1953; p. 32

53-24 Two Figures, 1953; pp. 31, 33, 166

53-27 Sphinx, 1953; pp. 46, 165

53-28 The End of the Line, 1953; ill. No. 18, unpaged

54-01 Two Figures in the Grass, 1954; ill. No. 34, p. 169 (installation shot, b&w)

54-05 Man in Blue I, 1954; pp. 46, 166

54-06 Man in Blue II, 1954; pp. 46, 166; ill. No. 19, unpaged

54-07 Man in Blue III, 1954; pp. 46, 166; ill. No. 33, p. 168 (installation shot, b&w)

54-08 Man in Blue IV, 1954; pp. 46, 166; ill. No. 20, p. 47

54-09 Man in Blue V, 1954; pp. 46, 166

54-10 Man in Blue VI, 1954; pp. 46, 166; ill. No. 17, unpaged

54-11 Man in Blue VII, 1954; pp. 46, 166

54-12 Sphinx, 1954; pp. 46, 165; ill. No. 34, unpaged (titled, 'Sphinx III')

54-14 Figure with Meat, 1954; p. 33; ill. No. 49, unpaged

55-01 Study for Portrait I (after the Life Mask of William Blake), 1955; pp. 46, 166

55-02 Study for Portrait II (after the Life Mask of William Blake), 1955; pp. 46, 166

55-03 Study for Portrait III (after the Life Mask of William Blake), 1955; pp. 46, 166; ill. No. 32, unpaged

55-04 Head in Grey, 1955; ill. No. 4, unpaged

55-09 Portrait of R.J. Sainsbury, 1955; pp. 46, 155; ill. No. 20, unpaged

55-10 Study for Portrait IV (after the Life Mask of William Blake), 1955; p. 166

55-11 Study for a Pope, 1955; ill. No. 24, unpaged

55-13 Figure Sitting, 1955; ill. No. 30, unpaged (titled 'Figure Seated (The Cardinal)')

55-15 Study, 1955; p. 155; ill. No. 26, unpaged (titled 'Study (Imaginary Portrait of Pope Pius XIII)')

55-16 Sketch for a Portrait of Lisa, 1955; pp. 48, 155; ill. No. 22, unpaged

56-01 Self-Portrait, 1956; pp. 50, 168; ill. No. 21, p. 49

56-03 Study for Portrait of Van Gogh I, 1956; pp. 50-52, 166, 168; ill. No. 47, unpaged

56-04 Portrait of Lisa, 1956; p. 48; ill. No. 21, unpaged

56-06 Study for Portrait I, 1956; ill. No. 27, unpaged

56-07 Man Carrying a Child, 1956; pp. 45, 168

56-08 Study for Portrait V (after the Life Mask of William Blake), 1956; p. 166

56-09 Owls, 1956; ill. No. 9, unpaged

57-01 Figures in a Landscape, 1956 - 1957; ill. No. 34, p. 169 (installation shot, b&w)

57-04 Study for Figure VI, 1956 - 1957; ill. No. 14, unpaged

57-08 Study for the Nurse in the film Battleship Potemkin, 1957; p. 35; ill. No. 15, p. 37

57-10 Study for Portrait of Van Gogh II, 1957; pp. 50-52, 166, 168

57-11 Study for Portrait of Van Gogh III, 1957; pp. 50-52, 166, 168; ill. No. 22, p. 51

57-12 Study for Portrait of Van Gogh IV, 1957; pp. 50-52, 166, 168

57-13 Study for Portrait of Van Gogh V, 1957; pp. 50-52, 166, 168; ill. No. 48, unpaged

57-14 Study for Portrait of Van Gogh VI, 1957; pp. 50-52, 166, 168

57-15 Van Gogh in a Landscape, 1957; pp. 50, 52, 166

57-16 Figure in a Landscape (Miss Diana Watson), 1957; ill. No. 46, unpaged

57-17 Portrait of Lisa, 1957; pp. 48, 155; ill. No. 23, unpaged

57-18 Van Gogh Going to Work, 1957; p. 166

57-20 Study for Portrait of P.L. No. 2, 1957; ill. No. 13, unpaged

58-06 Lying Figure, 1958; ill. No. 19, p. 43

59-03 Two Figures in a Room, 1959; ill. No. 16, unpaged

59-04 Seated Figure on a Couch, 1959; ill. No. 15, unpaged

59-10 Study from Portrait of Pope Innocent X by Velásquez, 1959; p. 54

59-13 Miss Muriel Belcher, 1959; p. 54

60-02 Head of Woman, 1960; ill. No. 8, unpaged

60-04 Walking Figure, 1960; ill. No. 37, unpaged

60-12 Head of a Man, 1960; ill. No. 7, unpaged

60-15 Head of Man, 1960; ill. No. 42, unpaged

60-16 Homage to Van Gogh, 1960; ill. No. 45, unpaged

61-02 Reclining Woman, 1961; p. 56; ill. No. 23, p. 52

61-04 Paralytic Child Walking on all Fours (from Muybridge), 1961; p. 171; ill. No. 36, unpaged

61-13 Study for a Pope VI, 1961; ill. No. 25, unpaged

61-16 Seated Figure, 1961; ill. No. 50, unpaged

61-21 Head III, 1961; ill. No. 41, unpaged

62-04 Three Studies for a Crucifixion, 1962; p. 61; ill. No. 28, p. 61

62-10 Seated Figure on Couch, 1962; p. 56

62-11 Turning Figure, 1962; ill. No. 38, unpaged

63-06 Landscape near Malabata, Tangier, 1963; p. 171

63-08 Portrait of Man with Glasses I, 1963; ill. No. 43, unpaged (titled 'Man with Glasses')

63-13 Portrait of Henrietta Moraes, 1963; p. 171

63-15 Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer, 1963; p. 171

64-10 Three Figures in a Room, 1964; p. 171

64-12 Study for Portrait (Isabel Rawsthorne), 1964; p. 171

65-01 Crucifixion, 1965; p. 171

65-04 Three Studies for Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne, 1965; ill. No. 51, unpaged

65-05 Three Studies for Portrait of Lucian Freud, 1965; ill. No. 52, unpaged

66-06 Study of Isabel Rawsthorne, 1966; ill. No. 25, p. 55

66-08 Three Studies for Portraits: Isabel Rawsthorne, Lucian Freud and J.H., 1966; ill. No. 53, unpaged

66-12 Three Studies of Isabel Rawsthorne, 1966; ill. No. 54, unpaged

67-16 Triptych, 1967; p. 172

68-05 Portrait of George Dyer in a Mirror, 1968; ill. No. 27, p. 59

69-04 Study for Bullfight No. 1, 1969; p. 172

69-05 Study for Bullfight No 2., 1969; p. 172

69-14 Second Version of Study for Bullfight No. 1, 1969; p. 172

75-08 Two Figures, 1975; ill. No. 39, unpaged

76-14 Portrait of Michel Leiris, 1976; p. 173

78-01 Painting, 1978; p. 173

79-01 Triptych - Studies of the Human Body, 1979; p. 173

79-03 Jet of Water, 1979; p. 173

79-05 Sphinx - Portrait of Muriel Belcher, 1979; p. 173

81-03 Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus, 1981; p. 173

83-03 Oedipus and the Sphinx after Ingres, 1983; p. 173

84-02 Diptych 1982-84: Study from the Human Body 1982-84; Study of the Human Body - from a Drawing by Ingres 1982, 1982 - 1984; p. 173

84-05 Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards, 1984; ill. No. 55, unpaged

88-05 Second Version of Triptych 1944, 1988; p. 174

91-03 Study for the Human Body, 1991; p. 174

Exhibitions

'Francis Bacon in the 1950s' , Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts , Norwich , 26 September 2006 - 10 December 2006

'Francis Bacon in the 1950s' , Milwaukee Art Museum , Wisconsin , 29 January 2007 - 15 April 2007

'Francis Bacon in the 1950s' , Albright-Knox Art Gallery , Buffalo , 05 May 2007 - 30 July 2007