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Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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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(Biography provided by Marlborough Graphics)

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Artist: Francis Bacon
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 ...
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20th Century Abstract Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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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
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2010s Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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Paper

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...
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1970s Expressionist Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

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 ...
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1870s Modern Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

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...
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1980s Modern Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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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...
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1980s Modern Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Study for a portrait of John Edwards
By Francis Bacon
Located in London, GB
Original lithographs in colours on Arches paper, with full margins, framed hand-signed by the artist in pencil, lower right on recto Image: 60 × 45 cm, Sheet: 81 × 60 cm, Framed: 89....
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1980s Modern Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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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...
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1980s Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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...
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1970s Contemporary Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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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...
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1980s Surrealist Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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Color, 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)
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1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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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...
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1980s Surrealist Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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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 ...
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1970s Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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Aquatint, Etching

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
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Late 20th Century Modern Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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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
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1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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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...
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1990s Abstract Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Figures in a Landscape
By Francis Bacon
Located in London, GB
Giclee print mounted on aluminium 147.3 x 132.1 cm Edition of 500, this edition 466/500
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20th Century Modern Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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Giclée

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
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1990s Abstract Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

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)
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1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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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)
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1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Study for Self Portrait 1982
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Francis Bacon Study for Self Portrait 1982, 1984 offset lithograph, ed. of 182 37 x 25 5/8 in. (94 x 65.1 cm)
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1980s Abstract Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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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)
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Francis Bacon Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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Questions About Francis Bacon Figurative Prints
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The 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.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Yes, Francis Bacon did indeed make prints. He released 36 of his canvas paintings to be distributed in print form. Panels from Study From a Bullfight are among Bacon’s top prints that often come up at auctions, and were in print until the 1990s. Shop a selection of Francis Bacon’s pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.

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