Francis Bacon: Working on Paper (Paperback)

~ (Author), David Sylvester (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

A catalogue designed to accompany a display of over 40 of Francis Bacon's working drawings mounted at the Tate Gallery in Spring 1999. The show provides the first detailed examination of a hitherto unknown aspect of Bacon's work, together with revealing archival material.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Tate (September 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1854372807
• ISBN-13: 978-1854372802
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,385,648 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

  Popular in these categories: (What's this?)

  #10 in	Books > Arts & Photography > Museums & Collections > Museums > Exhibition Catalogs > Tate Gallery
  #35 in	Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( A-C ) > Bacon, Francis

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Secret Vices, June 12, 2001

By	Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Amazon Verified Purchase

This short book served as a catalogue for an exhibition at the Tate in London in 1999 and is one of the more sensitive explorations into Francis Bacon's artistic thoughts. Though known to approach unfixed canvas (in his much talked about trashy studio) with brush and paint and palette knife in hand and attack his story until it was complete, Bacon actually spent a considerable amount of time sketching ideas which often became his huge scaled painting. David Sylvester opens this Pandora's box with a pithy introduction and Matthew Gale presents a sophisticated, scholarly examination of this heretofore unknown aspect of Francis Bacon. The plates of the sketches, all included in the atalogue, prove startling even to the most ardent Baconophile. This is a treasure chest of nascent thought and aborted ideas.....and makes for splendid reading.