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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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A VIEW OF THE CENTURY

Pasadena Art Museum,Pasadena, 1964, English

British Painting 40-49

Arts Council of Great Britain,London, 1966, English

Francis Bacon

Toninelli Arte Moderna,Milan, 1966, Italian

FRANCIS BACON

Galleria Il fante di Spade,Rome, 1966, Italian

Le Muse Inquietanti: Maestri del Surrealismo

Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna,Turin, 1967, Italian

John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 6

Walker Art Gallery,Liverpool, 1967, English

Helen Lessore and the Beaux Arts Gallery

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd,London, 1968, English

Recent acquisitions 1968

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd,London, 1968, English

Britische Kunst heute

Kunstverein,Hamburg, 1968, German

Ars 69

Ateneum Art Museum,Helsinki, 1969, Finnish

Selezione 9

Galleria Galatea,Turin, 1969, Italian

ACCROCHAGE 1

Gallery 21,Zürich, 1970, English

British painting and sculpture 1960-1970

Tate Gallery,London, The British Council,London, 1970, English

Masters of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd,London, 1972, English

Francis Bacon

Galleria del Milione,Milan, 1972, Italian

IMMAGINE PER LA CITTÁ

Palazzo dell'Academia,Genoa, Palazzo Reale Genova, 1972, Italian

Maestri del XIX e XX secolo

Marlborough Galleria d'Arte,Rome, 1972, Italian

4 mestres contemporâneos: jean dubuffet, alberto giacometti, willem de kooning, francis bacon

Museu de Arte de São Paolo,São Paolo, Museo de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, 1973, Portuguese, International

Selezione 11

Galleria Galatea,Turin, 1974, Italian

[The Origin of the 20th Century in the Collection Thyssen-Bornemisza]

Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art,Ishikawa, 1976, Japanese, French

MODERN PORTRAITS: The Self & Others

Wildenstein and Company,New York, 1976, English

ENGLISCHE KUNST DER GEGENWART

Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis,Bregenz, 1977, German

British Painting 1952-1977

Royal Academy of Arts,London, 1977, English

Francis Bacon

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo,Caracas, 1978, Spanish

GROUPS

Waddington and Tooth Galleries,London, 1978, English

LA COLLECTION THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA: TABLEAUX MODERNES

Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris,Paris, 1978, French

L'EUROPE des PEINTRES

Galerie Isy Brachot,Brussels, 1979, French

Cantini 80

Musée Cantini,Marseille, 1980, French

3 YEARS ON: A Selection of Acquisitions 1978-1981

Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney, 1981, English

A New Spirit in Painting

Royal Academy of Arts,London, 1981, English

SPIEGEL BILDER

Kunstverein,Hannover, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum der Stadt,Duisburg, Haus am Waldsee,Berlin, 1982, German

The Tenth Anniversary Exhibition

Gallery Kasahara,Osaka, 1982, Japanese, English