| Description |
272 pages, 6 unnumbered folded pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Review -- Reflections -- Fragments of talk -- Biographical note |
| Summary |
"In Looking back at Francis Bacon, eminent writer and curator David Sylvester provides the definitive account of the career of an artist whose friend and collaborator he was for more than forty years. Drawing on his unparalleled personal knowledge of Bacon's inspirations and intentions, he first offers a critical overview of the work's development from 1933 to the early 1990s, and then addresses its crucial aspects. He also reproduces previously unpublished extracts from his celebrated conversations with Bacon in which the artist speaks about himself, modern painters and the art of the past. Finally, Sylvester gives a brief account of Bacon's life, correcting errors that elsewhere have been presented as facts."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992.
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Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Painters -- England -- Biography.
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Painters -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Painting, British -- 20th century.
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Painting, British.
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Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992.
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| LC no. |
99069757 |
| ISBN |
0500019940 |
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