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This work is among Bacon's most important, and, containing characteristics of both, is seen by critics as a divider between his early "raw" work, and the later, more clinically observed triptychs. The Irish-born artist Francis Bacon (1909–1992) painted 28 known [ 1 ] triptychs between 1944 and 1986. [ 2 ]
Head III is an oil painting by Francis Bacon, one of series of works made in 1949 for his first one-man exhibition at the Hanover Gallery, in London.As with the other six paintings in the series, it focuses on the disembodied head of male figure, who looks out with a penetrating gaze, but is fixed against an isolating, flat, nondescript background, while also enfolded by hazy horizontal ...
Bacon often created second versions of his major paintings. In 1988, he completed a near-copy of the original Three Studies. With each panel at 78 × 58 inches (198 × 147 cm), this second version is more than twice the size of the original, and the orange background has been replaced by a blood-red hue. The figures occupy a smaller proportion ...
Features Bacon's lover George Dyer "writhing and struggling on a near-deserted beach watched by two disconcerting figures". [10] Sold in February 2008 to currency trader and businessman Joe Lewis for £26.3 million (£44.3 million as of 2023), then a record for postwar artwork bought in Europe. [7] [8] Triptych – Studies of the Human Body ...
Head V is a 1949 painting by Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon, one of the series of works made in 1949 for his first one-man exhibition at the Hanover Gallery, in London. It measures 82 by 66 centimetres (32 in × 26 in) and is held in a private collection. The painting is part of a series of six works from the late 1940s depicting heads.
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Francis Bacon, Three Studies for a Crucifixion, 1962, Guggenheim Museum in New York Three Studies for a Crucifixion is a 1962 triptych oil painting by Francis Bacon.It was completed in March 1962 and comprises three separate canvases, each measuring 198.1 by 144.8 centimetres (6 ft 6.0 in × 4 ft 9.0 in).
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