FRANCIS BACON: the Papal Portraits of 1953

DAVIES, Hugh M.

ISBN 10: 0934418594 / ISBN 13: 9780934418591

Edité par Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 2001

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FIRST EDITION, 2001. Presumed first printing. Slim quarto; black cloth boards, gilt details to front and spine. 79pp. An essay "Bacon's Popes: Ex Cathedra to In Camera" with accompanying photographic illustrations, is followed by the main body of the book. Full page reproductions of colour photographs showing paintings and details of same, interspersed with a conversation between Bacon and Davies from 1973, in London. Produced in this stylish hardback format following the exhibition from Jan-Mar 1999, in San Diego. Both book and unclipped dustwrapper in Fine condition, very bright, clean and square, no markings or inscriptions. F/F. PLEASE SEE FIVE ACCOMPANYING IMAGES. Now protected with clear, removable sleeve. A superb copy. FREE p&p within the U.K. Additional postage may be requested from buyers outside the U.K. where necessary. (U.S., Canada and Australia £20+). 25% of all proceeds from FARRAGO sales donated to the Motor Neurone Disease Association).

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: FRANCIS BACON: the Papal Portraits of 1953
• Éditeur: Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0934418594
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780934418591
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine

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Synopsis

Art Data 2001; In-4° relié (26,1 cm sur 20,6). Livre en anglais. 80 pages. Très bon état d’occasion. This series of eight papal portraits, painted during a period of just a few weeks in the summer of 1953, was brought together for the first time by noted Bacon scholar Hugh M. Davies for a 1999 exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, along with several other works from the same period, including Sphinx I and two recently found Study after Velazquez paintings from 1950.