Published for the exhibition in Milan (2008), this catalog offers a selection of approximately sixty works by Bacon. The collection spans his works from his first paintings in the 1930s, which reveal how early he was attracted to a figure's deformation and ambiguity, to his late triptychs, in which the artist's existential torment seems to move towards a sufferable serenity. This publication includes important contributions from international scholars as well as technical information on all the exhibition works. Illus., 120 in color. 176p.
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Published for the exhibition in Milan (2008), this catalog offers a selection of approximately sixty works by Bacon. The collection spans his works from his first paintings in the 1930s, which reveal how early he was attracted to a figure's deformation and ambiguity, to his late triptychs, in which the artist's existential torment seems to move towards a sufferable serenity. This publication includes important contributions from international scholars as well as technical information on all the exhibition works. Illus., 120 in color. 176p.