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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, Lucian Freud'

Michael Newman, Arts Review, 1977, English

'Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach'

Barbara Wright, Arts Review, 1977, English

'Paris: The Grand Inquisitor'

Julien Alvard, Art News, 1967, English

'Bacon's burden'

Franz Schulze, Art News, 1976, English

'Paris: Bacon'

Michel Conil-Lacoste, Art News, 1972, English

'Moscow: THE TASTE FOR BACON'

Brandon Taylor, Art News, 1989, English

'Body Language'

Michael Levey, Art News, 1990, English

'Lost and Found'

Andy McCord, Art News, 1999, English

'Bacon Estate Sues Marlborough'

Godfrey Barker, Art News, 2000, English

'Francis Bacon: TONY SHAFRAZI'

Robert C. Morgan, Art News, 2002, English

'Scrappy Starts'

Rachel Wolff, Art News, 2009, English

'Bringing home the Bacon'

Colin Gleadell, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1998, English

'London: Simultaneous Bacon'

John Russell, Art News, 1967, English

'Bringing home the Bacon'

Eddie Wolfram, Art and Artists,London, 1971, English

'Francis Bacon. by John Russell'

Eddie Wolfram, Art and Artists,London, 1972, English

'European Painting in the Seventies'

Maurice Tuchman, Art and Artists,London, 1975, English

'Francis Bacon. By John Russell'

Pauline Southcott, Art and Artists,London, 1979, English

'The Van Gogh Industry'

John A. Walker, Art and Artists,London, 1976, English

'Bacon's Achievement'

Michael Fried, Arts Magazine, 1962, English

'Francis Bacon'

Jonathan Goodman, Arts Magazine, 1990, English

'Pigment Figment'

Lawrence Gowing, Art News, 1968, English

'Francis Bacon'

Allen Robertson, Time Out London, 1993, English

'Francis Bacon'

Sarah Kent, Time Out London, 1999, English

'Bacon's Eye'

Martin Coomer, Time Out London, 2001, English

'BEST BACK'

Sarah Kent, Time Out London, 1985, English

'Bacon night'

Art Monthly London, 1998, English

'Bacon's Estate'

Henry Lydiate, Art Monthly London, 2001, English

'Francis Bacon'

Henry Lydiate, Art Monthly London, 2002, English

'Miss Beston Steals the Limelight'

Colin Gleadell, Art Monthly London, 2006, English

'Francis Bacon - Marlene Dumas, Joel-Peter Witkin'

Flash art. International edition Milan, 1995, English

'A painter who coloured my days'

Jeffrey Bernard, Sunday Independent,Dublin, 1996, English

'Life in a gilded gutter'

Brighid McLaughlin, Sunday Independent,Dublin, 1998, English