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Francis Bacon : studies for a portrait : essays and interviews / Michael Peppiatt.

By: Publication details: London : Thames & Hudson, 2021.Edition: Revised edDescription: 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780500295854
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Contents:
Interview one : From a conversation with Francis Bacon -- Francis Bacon at work -- Bacon and Picasso -- After Picasso, 'La Danse', 1933 -- An obsession with popes -- Francis Bacon in the 1950s.
Interview two : Reality conveyed by a lie -- The sacred and the profane -- Mr Bacon and Miss Beston -- "All the pulsations of a person" : Francis Bacon's portraits and self-portraits -- Four Studies for a Self-Portrait, 1967 -- Francis Bacon and Shakespeare.
Interview three : Provoking accidents, prompting chance -- Francis Bacon in Paris -- Study of George Dyer, 1971 -- Seated Figure, 1974 -- A strange fascination : the friendship between Michel Leiris and Francis Bacon -- Two Figures, 1975 -- Reflections on Francis Bacon's Late Work -- Envoi: Bacon's eyes.
Summary: Michael Peppiatt, a major art critic and close friend of Francis Bacon, offers an entertaining and well-informed portrait of this complex artist.

This is a revised and updated edition of a work first published in the USA in 2008 by Yale University Press.

Interview one : From a conversation with Francis Bacon -- Francis Bacon at work -- Bacon and Picasso -- After Picasso, 'La Danse', 1933 -- An obsession with popes -- Francis Bacon in the 1950s.

Interview two : Reality conveyed by a lie -- The sacred and the profane -- Mr Bacon and Miss Beston -- "All the pulsations of a person" : Francis Bacon's portraits and self-portraits -- Four Studies for a Self-Portrait, 1967 -- Francis Bacon and Shakespeare.

Interview three : Provoking accidents, prompting chance -- Francis Bacon in Paris -- Study of George Dyer, 1971 -- Seated Figure, 1974 -- A strange fascination : the friendship between Michel Leiris and Francis Bacon -- Two Figures, 1975 -- Reflections on Francis Bacon's Late Work -- Envoi: Bacon's eyes.

Michael Peppiatt, a major art critic and close friend of Francis Bacon, offers an entertaining and well-informed portrait of this complex artist.