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Study for Self Portrait
BACON, Francis (1909 - 1992)
Date: 1963
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 165.2 x 142.6 cm
Acquired: 1978; Purchase
Accession Number: NMW A 218
Francis Bacon was the principal figurative painter in Post-War Britain. His work consists largely of portraits of friends or of himself in interiors. Conditioned by Surrealism, his uncompromising style exploits the expressive potential of portraiture and is comparatively indifferent to its representational values. Here the heavily modelled seated figure seems overwhelmed by its flatly painted surroundings.
Work not on display
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