Francis Bacon: Metamorphoses

By Katharina Günther

Description

Katharina Günther was sponsored by The Estate of Francis Bacon to undertake a twelve-month research project, working with Bacon's original material in Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane. This new book publishes, for the first time, some of the most exciting and informative findings of her research.

Details

Publisher:

London: The Estate of Francis Bacon

Year: 2011

Language: English

Pages: 47

ISBN/ISSN: 9780956927309

Number of artworks illustrated

22 works

Paintings

44-01 Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, 1944; pp. 7, 15

46-03 Painting 1946, 1946; pp. 3, 9; ill. p. 8

46-04 Landscape with Car, 1945 - 1946; p. 7; ill. p. 6 (earlier iteration, titled 'Figure Getting Out of Car', b&w)

53-23 Three Studies of the Human Head, 1953; p. 45; ill. p. 44 (centre panel)

63-01 Lying Figure with Hypodermic Syringe, 1963; p. 19

63-03 Turning Figure, 1963; p. 39; ill. p. 38

63-13 Portrait of Henrietta Moraes, 1963; p. 19

64-04 Study for Portrait of Henrietta Moraes, 1964; p. 19

65-01 Crucifixion, 1965; p. 37; ill. p. 36 (right panel)

66-03 Henrietta Moraes, 1966; p. 19

66-07 Lying Figure, 1966; p. 19; ill. p. 18

67-15D Portrait of George Dyer and Lucian Freud, 1967; p. 31 (titled 'Double Portrait of George Dyer and Lucian Freud'); ill. p. 30

67-17 Three Studies of Isabel Rawsthorne, 1967; p. 15; ill. p. 14

68-08 Two Figures Lying on a Bed with Attendants, 1968; p. 11; ill. p. 10 (left panel)

70-03 Studies of the Human Body in Motion, 1970; p. 21; ill. p. 20

70-10 Triptych, 1970; p. 21

71-09 In Memory of George Dyer, 1971; p. 35; ill. p. 34 (left panel)

73-03 Triptych May-June, 1973; p. 43; ill. p. 42 (left panel)

73-04 Study from the Human Body (Man Turning on Light), 1973; p. 17; ill. p. 16

76-07 Three Studies for Self-Portrait, 1976; p. 27; ill. p. 26 (right panel)

77-05 Triptych 1974-1977, 1974 - 1977; pp. 9, 15

79-06 Seated Figure, 1979; p. 41; ill. p. 40

79-07 Two Seated Figures, 1979; p. 41; ill. p. 40

80-07 The Wrestlers after Muybridge, 1980; p. 17

81-03 Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus, 1981; p. 13; ill. frontispiece (detail), p. 12 (left panel)

81-05 Study from the Human Body, 1981; p. 17

82-07 Three Studies for a Portrait (Mick Jagger), 1982; p. 29; ill. p. 28 (right panel)

84-01 Still Life - Broken Statue and Shadow, 1984; p. 23; ill. p. 22

84-06 'John Edwards', 1984; ill. p. 2

86-03 Study from the Human Body, 1986; p. 17

86-04 Study for Portrait of Gilbert de Botton, 1986; p. 25; ill. p. 24

87-02 Study from the Human Body, 1987; p. 17

88-03 Study from the Human Body and Portrait, 1988; p. 21

91-03 Study from the Human Body, 1991; p. 33 (titled 'Study from the Human Body'); ill. p. 32