Francis Bacon Art
British, Irish, 1909-1992
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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Artist: Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon 'Portrait of Pope Innocent XII'
By Francis Bacon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This limited edition reproduction of Francis Bacon's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, printed on Stonehenge paper, was published by Maeght and printed by ARTE in Paris. Although unsigned...
Category
1990s Modern Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Offset
Triptych August 1972 - Irish Triptych
By Francis Bacon
Located in London, GB
This complete set of three lithographs in colours, comprising the triptych, are each hand signed in pencil by the artist "Francis Bacon" at the lower right margins.
Each sheet is als...
Category
1980s Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Seated Figure
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
image: 28 3/4 x 21 3/8 in. (73 x 54.3 cm)
sheet: 40 x 27 7/8 in. (101.6 x 70.8 cm)
etching and aquatint in colors on Arches paper with full margins
Signed and annotated 'HC' in penci...
Category
1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Oedipe and the Sphinx - Original lithograph, HANDSIGNED
By Francis Bacon
Located in Paris, IDF
Francis BACON (1909-1992)
Oedipe and the Sphinx, 1984
Original lithograph (Art-Lithos workshop)
Signed in pencil
On vellum 121 x 90 cm (c. 48 x 26 in)
INFORMATION : Created by Fran...
Category
1960s Modern Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Francis Bacon - Lying Figure (1969)
By Francis Bacon
Located in Central, HK
Francis Bacon
Lying Figure, 2018
5-color frequency-modulated print on 260g Rives paper
31 1/2 × 23 3/5 in | 80 × 60 cm
Edition of 1000
Category
2010s Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Paper
Monograph: Francis Bacon (hand signed and warmly inscribed by Francis Bacon)
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon (hand signed and warmly inscribed by Francis Bacon), 1975
Softcover catalogue with stiff wraps (hand signed and warmly inscribed by Francis Bacon)
hand si...
Category
1970s Surrealist Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Felt Pen
Francis Bacon, signed 182/250 offset lithograph, study of the human body, 1980
By Francis Bacon
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Rare, striking signed Francis Bacon lithograph from 1980, number 182 / 250.
Details of the work are as follows:
Francis Bacon (irish, 1909 ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Triptych 1971 (left panel)
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Francis Bacon
Triptych 1971 (left panel), 1975
lithograph, edition of 200
33 1/2 x 24 in. (85.1 x 61 cm)
Category
1970s Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Second Version of the Triptych 1944 - Irish British Abstract
By Francis Bacon
Located in London, GB
This complete set of three lithographs in colours, comprising the triptych, are each hand signed in pencil by the artist ""Francis Bacon"" at the lower right margin.
Each sheet is a...
Category
1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Book: Francis Bacon von [with] John Russell (hand signed and inscribed twice)
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Highly collectible and coveted item:
Francis Bacon von [with] John Russell (Monograph, hand signed and inscribed twice by Francis Bacon), 1972
Hardback monograph with dust jacket (ha...
Category
1970s Expressionist Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
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Study for a Bullfight, Triptych 1987
By Francis Bacon
Located in London, GB
Original lithograph in colours on Arches watermarked paper, with full margins, framed
Central panel from the triptych of the same title
Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right on...
Category
1980s Modern Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Study for a portrait of John Edwards
By Francis Bacon
Located in London, GB
Original lithograph in colours on Arches paper, with full margins, framed
Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right on recto
Image: 68 x 49 cm, Sheet: 94.5 x 67.9 cm, Framed: 105.3...
Category
1980s Modern Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
l'Homme au lavabo [Figure at a Washbasin]
By Francis Bacon
Located in London, GB
Etching and aquatint in colours on Arches paper
Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right on recto
Image: 47.5 x 36.3 cm, Sheet: 67.5 x 52 cm, Framed: 87.9 x 71.7 cm
Edition of 46
...
Category
1870s Modern Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
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Portrait de Michel Leiris
By Francis Bacon
Located in London, GB
Etching and aquatint in colours on Arches paper
Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right on recto
68 x 52 cm, 71.8 x 56.8 cm (framed)
Edition 98 of 100
Michel Leiris (1901-1990) ...
Category
1970s Modern Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Triptych, March 1974 (center panel)
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Francis Bacon
Triptych, March 1974 (center panel), 1974
offset lithograph, edition of 150
31 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. (80 x 60.3 cm)
Category
1970s Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Study for Portrait of Pope Innocent X after Velasquez
By Francis Bacon
Located in Zeist, UT
Francis Bacon- Study for Portrait of Pope Innocent X after Velasquez
Medium:
Lithograph on pale cream wove Arches paper, with watermark
Publisher:
Pu...
Category
1980s Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Triptych
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Very good, well-inked impressions of these three color aquatints with etching on one sheet of Guarro paper. Signed and numbered 58/99 in pencil by Bacon. Printed and published by Pol...
Category
1980s Surrealist Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Color, Etching, Aquatint
Metropolitan Museum of Art - Lithograph - Irish, British Art - Contemporary Art
By Francis Bacon
Located in London, GB
FRANCIS BACON 1909-1992
Dublin 1909-1992 Madrid (Irish / British)
Title: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975
Technique: Hand Signed, Numbered, Dated and Dedicated Lithograph in Colo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Central Panel, from: Triptych 1974-1977
By Francis Bacon
Located in London, GB
FRANCIS BACON 1909-1992
Dublin 1909-1992 Madrid (Irish/British)
Title: Central Panel, from: Triptych 1974-1977, 1981
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 64.8 x 50 cm. / 25.5 x 19.7 in.
Image size: 38.8 x 29.5 cm. / 19.3 x 11.5 in.
Additional Information: This etching and aquatint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Francis Bacon" in the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 99, in the lower left margin.
The work was printed in a limited edition of 99 signed and numbered impressions with an additional 15 Hors Commerce [out of trade] impressions and 15 artist’s proofs.
It was printed and published by Polígrafa, Barcelona in 1981.
It is based on the painting of the same title.
Note: Tryptic 1974-1977 is one of Bacon's finest triptychs. It was painted by Bacon between May and June 1974 and was made in response to the tragic death of his lover George Dyer in 1971. It was the last work the artist made before a major retrospective of his work held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1974. The exhibition formed the culmination of this important survey of Bacon's career from the late 1960s onwards and was immediately recognised as both a major landmark and also perhaps a turning point in Bacon's career.
From 1971, Francis Bacon had been preoccupied with Dyer and the tragic manner of his suicide. Triptych 1974-77 also borrows several elements from the three earlier so-called 'Black' triptychs (In memory of George Dyer, 1971, Triptych August 1972 and Triptych May-June 1973). In each of these great three-panel paintings, the figure of Dyer is presented on the threshold of entering a dark void, either in the form of his hotel room, or silhouetted against a sequence of black rectangles. At the bottom of this central panel on a pale blue, purple and black curved continuation of this arena-like circle, there originally appeared a bizarre prone and bespectacled slug-like figure. Based on one of Edward Muybridge...
Category
1980s Surrealist Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Portrait of Michel Leiris - British Abstract Art
By Francis Bacon
Located in London, GB
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 ...
Category
1970s Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Etude Du Corps Humain D'après Ingres, Lithograph
By Francis Bacon
Located in Roma, IT
Etude Du Corps Humain D'après Ingres is a precious colored lithograph realized by Francis Bacon in 1984.
Colored lithograph on Arches paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower r...
Category
1980s Contemporary Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
FIGURE WRITING REFLECTED ON MIRROR
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Francis Bacon color lithograph on Arches paper. Edition 50 of 180. Not framed.
MOURLOT IMP - stamped on bottom left
DESCHAMPS LITH. - stamped on bottom right
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Oedipus and the Sphinx after Ingres 1983
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
image: 33 3/4 x 46 in. (85.7 x 116.8 cm)
sheet: 50 3/8 x 35 3/8 in. (128 x 89.8 cm)
lithograph
HC aside from the edition of of 150 + some AP
Category
1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Study from Human Body 1987
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
image: 52 3/4 x 38 3/4 in. (134 x 98.4 cm)
sheet: 64 1/4 x 47 3/4 in. (163.2 x 121.3 cm)
framed: 66 7/8 x 50 1/4 in. (169.9 x 127.6 cm)
etching and aquatint
edition of 90 + 30 AP
sta...
Category
1990s Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Study for the Human Body from a Drawing by Ingres
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Francis Bacon
Study for the Human Body from a Drawing by Ingres 1982-84, 1984
lithograph, ed. of 180
34 5/8 x 23 7/8 in. (88 x 60.6 cm)
Category
1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Triptych 1983
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Francis Bacon
Triptych 1983, 1984
a set of 3 lithographs, edition of 180
35 x 24 1/2 in. each (88.9 x 62.2 cm)
signed lower right
Category
1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Triptych 1986-1987 (right panel)
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Francis Bacon
Triptych 1986-1987, 1988
aquatint, edition of XV AP
35 3/8 x 24 3/4 in. (89.9 x 62.9 cm)
signed lower right
Category
1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Aquatint
Triptych 1991 (right panel)
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Francis Bacon
Triptych 1991 (right panel), 1992
etching and aquatint, edition of 84
64 1/8 x 47 5/8 in. (162.9 x 121 cm)
signed lower right
Category
1990s Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Triptych 1987 (center panel)
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Francis Bacon
Triptych 1987 (center panel), 1987
lithograph, edition of 180
37 1/4 x 26 3/4 in. (94.6 x 67.9 cm)
Category
1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Triptych - August 1972 (Right Panel Only)
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Francis Bacon
Triptych - August 1972 (Right Panel Only), 1989
single lithograph from a set of 3, edition of 180
35 1/4 x 24 5/8 in. (89.5 x 62.5 cm)
Category
1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Triptych - August 1972 (Center Panel Only)
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Francis Bacon
Triptych - August 1972 (Center Panel Only), 1989
single lithograph from a set of 3, edition of 180
35 1/4 x 24 5/8 in. (89.5 x 62.5 cm)
Category
1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Studies of the Human Body 1979
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Francis Bacon
Studies of the Human Body 1979, 1980
offset lithograph, ed. 250
40 x 26 in. (101.6 x 66 cm)
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Triptych 1987
By Francis Bacon
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1989
Handsigned by the artist in pencil et numérotée 126/180
Publisher : Galerie Lelong (Paris)
Printer : Galerie Lelong (Paris)
Catalog : Sabatier 25
68.00 cm. x 50.00 c...
Category
1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Van Gogh Exhibition 1988
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Offset Lithograph
Edition of 100
Category
1980s Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Lithograph
Triptych 1986-1987
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Francis Bacon
Triptych 1986-1987, 1988
A set of 3 aquatints, edition of XV AP
35 3/8 x 24 3/4 in. each (89.9 x 62.9 cm)
Category
1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Art
Materials
Aquatint
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The emotional intensity of Francis Bacon’s work continues to inspire artists today. Bacon was a British painter and printmaker whose works are figurative, often contortive, and even somewhat disturbing. His goal was to create art that revealed what was behind the human facade and to evoke strong feelings in the viewer. Find a collection of Francis Bacon paintings and prints on 1stDibs.
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