Product Description
"Francis Bacon:The Papal Portraits of 1953" explores the longest series of paintings made by the British artist Francis Bacon. For the first time in history, the exhibition and this accompanying book brought together all eight "Study for Portrait" paintings, as well as the famous "Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X" from 1953. Also included are several other works from the period. An essay by Hugh M. Davies, who has written extensively about Bacon, discusses his influences and sources of imagery for this body of work. Also included is a previously unpublished interview with Bacon that Davies conducted more than 25 years ago that covers a variety of topics. The book, rounded out with a chronology and selected bibliography, marks a major step forward in the study of this vitally important and influential 20th-century master.
Essay by Hugh M. Davies.
50 color and 6 b&w.
7.75 x 10 in.
About the Author
Hugh M. Davies has been the Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, since 1983. A native of South Africa, he completed his doctorate at Princeton University where his dissertation on Francis Bacon was published by Garland Publishing Inc., and he coauthored another book on Bacon in Abbeville Press's Modern Masters Series in 1986.