Items related to Francis Bacon
Synopsis
Shows the British artist's portraits, self-portraits, triptychs, and crucifixions, and discusses Bacon's career and approach to art
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Reviews
Bacon's menacing pictures of twisted human torsos, rabid dogs and dismembered men stranded amid carcasses made him a fashionable painter in the 1960s. But what has he been doing in the '80s? As this concise retrospective reveals, the British painter's obsessions and methods have scarcely changed. In his recent pictures, water from a running tap becomes a torrential cyclone; Mick Jagger's face is a cry of despair; a bloodstain on a floor plank suspended in space shocks and outrages; distorted human figures, set against pastel or bright-orange backdrops, perplex. This album combines 155 color reproductions with a perceptive 15-page essay by French ethnographer Leiris who explores Bacon's use of distortions, jazz-like breaks and empty spaces in canvases fraught with good and evil. He aptly compares Bacon's paintings to flash photographs that transform banal details into disturbing presences.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Search results for Francis Bacon
Stock Image
Francis Bacon
Published by
Rizzoli Intl Pubns, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1988
ISBN 10: 0847809048
ISBN 13: 9780847809042
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Turtle Creek Books and Sheet Music, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illlustrated (illustrator). First Edition. Hardcover 1st American edition - Some shelf and edgewear, bumped edges, otherwise a good clean solid copy. Dust jacket is rubbed and lightly chipped, otherwise fine - 258 colour illustrations. Seller Inventory # 093968
Buy Used
US$ 27.50
US$ 11.00 shipping
Ships from Canada to U.S.A.
Ships from Canada to U.S.A.
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Francis Bacon
Published by
Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated, 1988
ISBN 10: 0847809048
ISBN 13: 9780847809042
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. 1st American. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 11118403-75
Stock Image
Francis Bacon.
Published by
[Barcelona]: Ediciones Poligrafa, S.A. [1987]., 1987
ISBN 10: 0847809048
ISBN 13: 9780847809042
Used
Hardcover
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Seller rating 3 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 4to. pp. 128. 156 colour illus. bds. dw. Seller Inventory # AIRanLEI29
Buy Used
US$ 39.86
US$ 15.00 shipping
Ships from Canada to U.S.A.
Ships from Canada to U.S.A.
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Francis Bacon
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0847809048I4N00
Stock Image
Francis Bacon
Seller: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. Seller Inventory # 0847809048