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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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'Modern Art Blamed for Permissiveness'

Author Unknown, Church of England Newspaper, 1972, English

'What Does the Painter Tell Us?'

Canon Keith Walker, Chichester Observer, 1972, English

'Angst und Einsamkeit'

Petra Kipphoff, Gmündner Tagespost, 1972, German

'Bacon: la fotografia come supplemento di verità'

Lorenza Trucchi, Qui: Arte Contemporanea, 1972, Italian

'Francis Bacon: Kunst der Gegenwart'

Dietrich Schubert, Universitas, 1973, German

'Francis Bacon: the Last Seven Years'

Michael Peppiatt, Art Spectrum, 1975, English

'There are Three Things...'

Jane Perlez, New York Post, 1975, English

'Soft Words from a Painter of Screams'

Arthur Spiegelman, Vancouver Sun, 1975, English

'Bacon Fat'

John Perreault, SoHo Weekly News, 1975, English

'Thinking Back with Francis Bacon'

Jeffrey Beardsall, SoHo Weekly News, 1975, English

'Swatches of Bacon'

Douglas Davis, Newsweek, 1975, English

'Bacon for Export'

Edward Lucie-Smith, Illustrated London News, 1975, English

'Bacon Show in New York: Signal of a Clime of Change'

Hilton Kramer, Courier-Journal & Times, 1975, English

'Bacon's Art; Emotion'

Janet Kutner, Houston Post, 1975, English

'The Tortured Figures of Francis Bacon'

Alfred Frankenstein, San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, 1975, English

'Blood, Sweat, and Smears'

Thomas B. Hess, New York, 1975, English

'In margine alla mostra di Bacon a Zurigo'

Grytzko Mascioni, L'Europa Letteraria e Artistica, 1975, Italian

'Spiegelung der Urangst'

M. St., Die Weltwoche, 1975, German

'Bacon's Recent Work Dynamic'

Nancy Salny, Sunday Daily Record, 1972, English

'Bacon Beliefs'

Matthew Lewin, Hampstead & Highgate Express, 1975, English

'Marlborough-Galerie'

Akino Knaben, Annabelle, 1975, German

'Francis Bacon in der Galerie Marlborough'

Author Unknown, Allgemeiner Anzeiger vom Zürichsee, 1975, German

'New York Letter'

Carter Ratcliff, Galerie de France, 1975, English

'Las meditaciónes de Francis Bacon'

Author Unknown, Guadalimar, 1975, Spanish

'Sadistisches Ballett im Goldrahmen'

Author Unknown, Luzerner Neuste Nachrichten, 1975, German

'New Book on Bacon'

Lorraine Haacke, Dallas Times Herald, 1975, English

'Bringing Home the Bacon'

Anthony Day, Cambridge Evening News, 1975, English

'A Painter Whose Source is Film'

Jane Holtz Kay, Christian Science Monitor, 1975, English

'Wenn Kunst zum Schrecken wird...'

Author Unknown, Schweizerische Handelszeitung, 1975, German

'Bacon al Metropolitan di New York'

Lorenza Trucchi, Qui: Arte Contemporanea, 1975, Italian

'The Mystery of Fact'

Louis le Brocquy, Introspect, 1975, English

'Fabbricati a Brera falsi quadri di Bacon'

Franco Cevaso, Corriere d'Informazione, 1976, Italian