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'Francis Bacon: Self-Portrait, 1972'

By Marianne Wiggins
Details
Journal:
Artforum
Year: Mar. 1995
Volume: Issue XXXIII:7
Language: English
Pages: pp. 78-79
ISBN/ISSN: 0004-3532
Other Publication Details:

This article was part of an ongoing series in Artforum, where writers were invited to discuss a contemporary work that had a special significance for them.

"It is a face by Francis Bacon but not of him. What it's of is all men, and women, too. It's of forgiveness; and it's as beautiful a thing as I have ever seen." p. 79

Number of artworks illustrated
1
Paintings