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Francis Bacon exhibition poster 1970s

1972

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Francis Bacon Grand Palais, 1972: Vintage 1970s Francis Bacon exhibition poster published on the occasion of: Francis Bacon at the Grand Palais (October 27- January 10 1972). Offset lithograph. Dimensions: 28.25 x 19 inches Minor signs of handling; in otherwise very good overall vintage condition; stored flat out of light in an archival setting. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Published by Grand Palais 1972. This is an original poster from the period, not a reproduction. Francis Bacon was an Irish artist and one of the most renowned figurative painters to emerge during the post-war period. His grotesque imagery—contorted limbs, howling mouths agape, blood—served as method of exploring nihilism and death at a time when Europe had been repeatedly savaged by war. Inspired by both the Old Masters and Surrealism, Bacon produced many compositions based on the work of other painters, notably including his arresting Study After Velazquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X (1953). In this iconic work, Bacon transforms Diego Velazquez’s classic portrait into a screaming, terrifying figure. “I feel ever so strongly that an artist must be nourished by his passions and his despairs,” he once said. “The feelings of desperation and unhappiness are more useful to an artist than the feeling of contentment, because desperation and unhappiness stretch your whole sensibility.” Born on October 28, 1909 in Dublin, Ireland, the self-taught artist moved to London to escape a hostile home life. Bacon became part of the local art scene in the British capital, which included his friends Lucian Freud, Isabel Lambert, and John Deakin. After the death of Bacon’s lover in 1972, his work became even more personalized, with a renewed focus on mortality. In 1963, a retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York brought international prestige, which continued until his passing on April 28, 1992 in Madrid, Spain. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hugh Lane in Dublin, and the Albertina in Vienna, among others. Related Categories Contemporary Art. Abstract art. Mid Century Modern. 1960s. London. Post-War European Art. Modern and Impressionist Art. Human Figure. Surrealist. Vintage Francis Bacon.
  • Creation Year:
    1972
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 28.25 in (71.76 cm)Width: 19 in (48.26 cm)
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  • After:
    Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992, British, Irish)
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  • Gallery Location:
    NEW YORK, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU35439115812
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