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Francis BaconPortrait of Michel Leiris - British Abstract Art1978
1978
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FRANCIS BACON 1909-1992
Dublin 1909-1992 Madrid (Irish / British)
Title: Portrait of Michel Leiris, 1976/78
Technique: Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 67.5 x 52 cm. / 26.6 x 20.5 in.
Image size: 30 x 25 cm. /
Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Francis Bacon" at the lower right margin.
It is also numbered from the edition of 100 at the lower left margin. There were a further 43 hors commerce impressions numbered in Roman numerals.
It was printed and published by Georges Visat Editions in Paris.
The paper bears the Arches watermark and the publisher's blind stamp in the lower right margin.
Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, California;
Private Collection, Los Angeles, California (gifted directly from the above);
Private Collection, Los Angeles, California (acquired directly from the above, c. 2000)
Literature:
1. Tacou, A. (2008). Francis Bacon: Estampes – Collection Alexandre Tacou. Paris: Bervillé Éditions.
Reference: Tacou 34.
2. Sabatier, B. (2012). Francis Bacon: Oeuvre Graphique - The Graphic Work: Catalogue Raisonné. Paris: JSC Modern Art Gallery.
Reference: Sabatier 2.
Condition: very good condition. A very pale, unobtrusive band of staining vissible in raking light in the upper left margin.
- Creator:Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992, British, Irish)
- Creation Year:1978
- Dimensions:Height: 26.58 in (67.5 cm)Width: 20.48 in (52 cm)
- Medium:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1808801611
Francis Bacon
Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1909, prominent British painter and printmaker Francis Bacon created controversial art until his death in 1992.
Despite the fact that he did not receive formal training, Bacon gained instantaneous recognition in 1945 after an exhibition at Lefevre Gallery in London that included his 1944 triptych Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion. Bacon's figures can be described as distorted, fleshy masses in anguish; these shocking and unsettling images are his representation of the evils and the devastation of the human condition. Bacon's oil paintings simultaneously repel and intrigue the viewer with their bold, grotesque figures. This paradox remains consistent with his prints, which he based on a selection of 35 of his own paintings dating from 1965 to 1991. Bacon worked with skilled printers to create his relatively small body of etchings and lithographs that total only about 40 editions.
In 2008 and 2009, a major retrospective of Bacon's paintings traveled to the Tate Britain, London, England (September 11, 2008–January 4, 2009), to the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain (February 3–April 19, 2009) and to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (May 20–August 16, 2009). Bacon's works are permanently part of public collections around the world, including the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway; Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham, England; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York; and elsewhere.
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