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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.

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'Francis Bacon: Back to Degas'

Martin Hammer, Tate Papers, 2012, English

'Francis Bacon and the Geometry of Fear'

David Hulks, Sculpture Journal, 2010, English

'Francis Bacon Archive, Tate Britain, London'

Kathy Kubicki, Photography and Culture, 2009, English

'Matthew Smith - A Painter's Tribute'

Writings by BaconMatthew Smith: Paintings from 1909-1952
Francis Bacon, Tate Gallery,London, 1953, English

'From the Archives: James Thrall Soby and Francis Bacon'

Rona Roob, MoMA: The Magazine of The Museum of Modern Art, 1990, English

'A Trail of Human Presence: On Some Early Paintings of Francis Bacon'

James Thrall Soby, MoMA: The Magazine of The Museum of Modern Art, 1990, English

'The scream of consciousness'

Peter Lennon, The Guardian, 1996, English

'A Question of Attribution'

David Sylvester, The Guardian, 1996, English

'Moon walking'

Rachel Barnes, The Guardian, 1994, English

'A range of loners'

Rachel Barnes, The Guardian, 1995, English

'Bacon figure may be £1.5m'

Dan Glaister, The Guardian, 1996, English

'Animal houses'

James Hall, The Guardian, 1993, English

'Pigment at its limit'

Michael McNay, The Guardian, 1996, English

'This too, too squalid flesh'

Adrian Searle, The Guardian, 1998, English

'Nothing but bums and drunks'

Adrian Searle, The Guardian, 1999, English

'Strangers in a show'

James Hall, The Guardian, 1993, English

'Pope on the ropes'

Adrian Searle, The Guardian, 1996, English

'Me, myself and eye'

Adrian Searle, The Guardian, 1998, English

'Homage to work and love'

Lord Grey Gowrie, The Guardian, 1992, English

Francis Bacon

Sam Hunter, Ediciones Polígrafia,Barcelona, 2009, English

Francis Bacon: Œuvre graphique - The graphic work: Catalogue raisonné

Bruno Sabatier, JSC Modern Art Gallery,Paris, 2012, French, English

''Lost' Bacon to be sold at auction'

Fiachra Gibbons, The Guardian, 2000, English

'Bacon's got the guts'

Gordon Burn, The Guardian, 2001, English

'Bacon triptych sets sale record'

Maev Kennedy, The Guardian, 2001, English

'Fifty years of hurt'

James Hyman, The Guardian, 2001, English

'On the Strange Case of Francis Bacon'

Brian O'Doherty, The New York Times,, 1963, English