Oil paint on metal
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Francis Bacon
Purchased 1952
adults
artist, painter
arts and entertainment
Bacon, Francis
body
head / face
individuals: male
man
named individuals
people
portraits
work and occupations
painting oil paint metal
Francis Bacon
support: 178 × 127 mm
Purchased 1952
<p><b>N06040</b> FRANCIS BACON 1952
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<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Oil on copper, 7×5 (18×13).
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Knapping Fund) 1952.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Hanover Gallery, May 1952 (3), lent by the Tate Gallery; Venice Biennale, 1954 (British Pavilion, 80).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Studio</i>, CXLVII, 1954, p.4; John Rothenstein, <i>The Tate Gallery</i>, 1958, p.117 (in colour); Sir John Rothenstein, <i>British Art since 1900</i>, 1962, pl.94.</p>
<p>Francis Bacon painted a large full-length <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> of Lucian Freud in 1951, which was exhibited at the Hanover Gallery in December 1951. The two artists have been friends for many years.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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2004-10-08T00:00:00
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adults artist, painter arts and entertainment Bacon, Francis body head / face individuals: male man named individuals people portraits work and occupations