Looking Back at Francis Bacon

Controversial in both life and art, Francis Bacon was one the of the most important painters of the 20th Century. Drawing on his personal knowledge of Bacon’s inspirations, intentions and working methods, David Sylvester first surveys the development of the work from 1933 to the early 1990’s, and then discusses critically a number of its crucial aspects. Divided into four sections – ‘Review’, ‘Reflections’, ‘Fragments of Talk’ and ‘Biographical Note’. Written by David Sylvester. 272 pages, 154 illustrations, 53 in colour. Size 26 x 21cm.

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