Francis Bacon first came to my attention when his triptych "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" broke the record for the most expensive painting ever auctioned. The so-called 'slashed canvasses' are not (with one exception, Double Portrait of Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach, 1964 (64-03)) included in this catalogue. About. I went on to read a book on him, produced by Christophe Domino "Francis Bacon: Taking Reality by Surprise". En 1933, Francis Bacon peint l'une de ses premières "Crucifixion", qui attire l'attention d'Herbert Read, historien d'art. The following 'Notes for readers' are extracted from the catalogue raisonné (Vol.1, p.102 and 103) and elaborate on the methodology and thinking behind the compilation and . Triptych - Studies of the Human Body - Francis Bacon Francis Bacon has long been my least favorite great painter of the twentieth century. Mar 20, 2013 - The official website of The Estate of Francis Bacon, providing news and information on the British figurative artist Francis Bacon (1909-1992). Il s'agit d'un tableau imposant, archaïque, qui nous attire par sa dimension. Notice Bacon's reliance on parallel structures (in particular, tricolons) throughout this concise, aphoristic essay. The truth behind Francis Bacon's 'screaming' popes - Phaidon [2] He began to work in the format in the mid-1940s with a number of smaller scale formats before graduating in 1962 to large examples. The so-called 'slashed canvasses' are not (with one exception, Double Portrait of Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach, 1964 (64-03)) included in this catalogue. all S. 90 x 62.5 cm (35 3/8 x 24 5/8 in.) Three Studies of the Male Back is a 1970 oil-on-canvas triptych by the British painter Francis Bacon. In this case, when Freud had reached the fringe of his hair and the lower edge of his face, Bacon suddenly disappeared, probably on a jaunt to Tangier, leaving the picture a brooding fragment.