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The literature on Francis Bacon is large and ever expanding. While Bacon has been vividly discussed during his lifetime, after his death the uncovering of sketches by the artist, a rediscovery of paintings previously lost or presumed destroyed, and the reconstruction of his studio in Dublin have prompted a growing number of new studies, articles and exhibitions. Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, published by The Estate of Francis Bacon in 2016 contains a comprehensive bibliography of writing on the artist, which forms the basis of the present section on francis-bacon.com. The Estate of Francis Bacon is currently in the process of digitising, editing, expanding and updating this bibliography and new entries will be uploaded on a regular basis.

You can filter the entries by publication type, and sort them by authoryear and title. You can find more information on the Francis Bacon Bibliography in our Notes for Users.

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'Collecting: Signature tune'

Geraldine Norman, The Times, 1977, English

'Brushes with the Bottle'

Matthew Sperling, Apollo, 2013, English

'Food for Thought'

Barbara Dawson, Apollo, 2013, English

'London Letter: Francis Bacon'

Lawrence Alloway, Art International, 1960, English

'London Letter: Bacon, Davie, Kokoschka'

Norbert Lynton, Art International, 1962, English

'Francis Bacon's new paintings'

Michael Peppiatt, Art International, 1968, English

'The 1970 Pittsburgh International'

Donald Miller, Art International, 1971, English

'Paris Letter: November'

Ellen Schwartz, Art International, 1972, English

'New York Letter'

Carter Ratcliff, Art International, 1975, English

'Paris: L'imaginaire de Francis Bacon'

René Micha, Art International, 1977, French

'A New York letter: Francis Bacon'

Nina Ffrench-Frazier, Art International, 1980, English

'Francis Bacon'

R. C. Kenedy, Art International, 1966, English

'Not for the sentimental'

Alan Roberts, The Tatler & Bystander, 1960, English

'Heaven and hell'

Robert Wraight, The Tatler & Bystander, 1965, English

'The dream and the nightmare'

Robert Wraight, The Tatler & Bystander, 1963, English

'Mirror of his age'

Robert Wraight, The Tatler & Bystander, 1962, English

The Battle for Realism: Figurative Art in Britain During the Cold War 1945-1960

James Hyman, Yale University Press for Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art,New Haven, 2001, English

'Bacon in close focus'

Rebecca Daniels, Apollo, 2008, English

'Undercooked Bacon'

Martin Harrison, Apollo, 2007, English

'Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud'

Richard Kendall, Apollo, 1996, English

'Too Much Reality?'

James Burr, Apollo, 1990, English

'Cross-currents'

Edwin Mullins, Apollo, 1963, English

'Knights of the Razor'

Denys Sutton, Apollo, 1963, English

'Horror and Harmony'

James Burr, Apollo, 1965, English

'Francis Bacon heute'

Book ChapterBacon Picasso Masson
Michel Leiris, Qumran,Frankfurt am Main and Paris, 1982, German