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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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'Peer of the Macabre: Francis Bacon'

John Russell, Art in America, 1963, English

'Francis Bacon at Sixty'

John Russell, Art in America, 1970, English

'Monographs'

Hayden Herrera, Art in America, 1976, English

'Report from Paris'

Gary Indiana, Art in America, 1984, English

'Report from London'

John McEwen, Art in America, 1986, English

'Monographs'

Peter Plagens, Art in America, 1987, English

'Francis Bacon: Life & Work'

Faye Hirsch, Art in America, 1994, English

'Versions of Rapture'

Raphael Rubinstein, Art in America, 1996, English

'The Dualist'

David Cohen, Art in America, 1997, English

'A Bacon Year for Dublin'

David Ebony, Art in America, 2000, English

'Soutine's Legacy'

Brooks Adams, Art in America, 2002, English

'Bringing Home the Bacon'

Melvyn Bragg, Punch, 1985, English

'Galleries'

Author Unknown, Punch, 1985, English

'Streaky Bacon'

George Melly, Punch, 1985, English

'One Side of Bacon'

Ann Cremin, Art & Antiques, 1996, English

'Bacon in the Nut House Again'

R. B. Kitaj, London American, 1960, English

'Cronica de Nueva York'

Enrique Garcia-Herraiz, Goya, 1969, Spanish

'Cronica de Paris'

Julian Gallego, Goya, 1972, Spanish

'Francis Bacon'

Helen Lessore, Goya, 1975, Spanish

'Cronica de Nueva York'

José Barrio-Garay, Goya, 1975, Spanish

'Pablo Picasso y Francis Bacon'

Luis Figuerola-Ferretti, Goya, 1977, Spanish

'Cronica de Paris'

Julian Gallego, Goya, 1977, Spanish

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Goya, 1977, Spanish

'El arte en Madrid'

Luis Figuerola-Ferretti, Goya, 1978, Spanish

'La peinture contemporaine en Grande-Bretagne'

Michel Ragon, Galerie Jardin des Arts, 1969, French

'Francis Bacon ou la réalité prègée'

Claude Bouyeure, Jardin des Arts, 1971, French

'Bacon'

Jacob-Baal Teshuva, Galerie Jardin des Arts, 1975, French

'Bacon exposé au musée Cantini à Marseille'

David Sylvester, Galerie Jardin des Arts, 1976, French

'Les œuvres et la critique: bilan de l'été des arts'

André Parinaud, Galerie Jardin des Arts, 1976, French

'Bacon: la présence du vide'

M.-H. Parinaud, Galerie Jardin des Arts, 1977, French

'Ausstellung Francis Bacon'

Robert Spira, Weltkunst, 1957, German

'Londoner Ausstellungen'

Robert Spira, Weltkunst, 1959, German

'Der neue Realismus in England'

J. P. Hodin, Das Kunstwerk, 1959, German

'London Report'

Cyril Barrett, Das Kunstwerk, 1965, German

'Kunstbrief aus Paris'

Jürgen Claus, Das Kunstwerk, 1967, German

'Francis Bacon'

Rolf-Günter Dienst, Das Kunstwerk, 1972, German

'Francis Bacon'

Peter Iden, Das Kunstwerk, 1977, German

'Bericht aus London'

Georg von Gehren, Das Kunstwerk, 1978, German

'L'ossessivo Bacon'

Marco Valsecchi, Il Tempo, 1958, Italian

'Bacon, sulfureo e geniale'

Gabriele Simongini, Il Tempo, 1996, Italian

'Mostre a Londra'

Joseph Rykwert, Domus, 1963, Italian