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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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'Catching Life Off Guard, With Vivid Results'

Theodore H. Wolff, Christian Science Monitor, 1980, English

'La genèse d'un art anglais contemporain'

Stephen Bann, Connaissance des arts, 1980, French

'The Many Masks of Modern Art'

Theodore P. Wolff, Christian Science Monitor, 1980, English

'Bacon's Furies'

Robert Melville, London Review of Books, 1981, English

'Francis Bacon and "The Waste Land"'

Michael Peppiatt, Connaissance des arts, 1981, English

'Les rêves décomposées de Francis Bacon'

Michael Peppiatt, Connaissance des arts, 1981, French

'Peindre le cri'

Gilles Deleuze, Critique, 1981, French

'Bacon le hors-de-loi'

Michel Leiris, Critique, 1981, French

'Picture It'

Author Unknown, New Standard, 1981, English

'La figure irreductible'

Jean-Luc Chalumeau, Arts, 1981, French

'Une peinture de l'hystérie'

Alain Poirson, Révolution, 1982, French

'Le lit de Procruste'

Marcelin Pleynet, Connaissance des arts, 1982, French

'The Flesh and Blood of England'

Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 1982, English

'Britishstyle Unveiling of Human Form'

William Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 1982, English

'Bacon in lotta con l'oggetto da dipingere'

Antonio Mascia, L'Italiano Nuovo, 1982, Italian

'Return to Europe'

Joe Plaskett, Artscanada, 1982, English

'Return to Europe'

Joe Plaskett, Canadian Art, 1955, English

'A Pencil Note on Six Studies of Francis Bacon'

Gerard Schurmann, Repertoire: Magazine of the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra, 1982, English

'Francis Bacon's Market'

Author Unknown, Artnewsletter, 1982, English

'Francis Bacon and T.S. Eliot'

Rolf Laessøe, Hafnia: Copenhagen Papers in the History of Art, 1983, English

'Bacon und Baselitz: zwei neue Bilder der expressiv figurativen Malerei'

Christian Klemm, Kunsthaus Zürich: Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft: Jahresbericht 1983, 1983, German

'El Museo compra una obra de Francis Bacon'

Author Unknown, El Correo Español, 1983, Spanish

'Leiris tranche dans Bacon'

Xavier Villetaud, Libération, 1983, French

'Galleries'

Jacynth Ellerton, Tablet, 1983, English

'Israel Museum receives Bacon triptych'

Author Unknown, Israel Museum, Jerusalem: News, 1984, English

'Bacon Bilder'

L. G., Süddeutsche Zeitung, 1983, German

'The Sleep of Reason'

Peter Fuller, New Society, 1983, English

'Francis Bacon: il 'disagio' della civilità'

Franco Bertolotti, L'Osservatore Romano, 1983, Italian

'A Painting by Francis Bacon' [Head (1951)]

Edward B. Henning, Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1983, English