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Francis Bacon in the 1950s
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Francis Bacon in the 1950s

Author: Michael Peppiatt
Publisher: New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press ; Norwick [UK] : in association with the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, 2006.
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"From the screaming heads and snarling chimpanzees of the late 1940s to the anonymous figures trapped in tortured isolation some ten years later, British artist Francis Bacon during one crucial decade created many of the most central and memorable images of his entire career. The artist enters the 1950s in search of himself and his true subject; he finishes ten years later having completed some of his great
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Named Person: Francis Bacon
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael Peppiatt
ISBN: 030012192X 9780300121926
OCLC Number: 70059627
Notes: "First published to accompany the exhibition Francis Bacon : paintings from the 1950s"--T.p. verso.
Description: xi, 200 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Responsibility: Michael Peppiatt.
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