- Publisher: Thames & Hudson
- Year: 2024
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 480pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 242x170mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 1.1kg
- ISBN: 9780500021866
- Product code: 546880
Francis Bacon : A Self-Portrait in Words
Statements, Letters, Studio Notes, and Selected Interviews
Michael Peppiatt: Fore. Colm Toibin New Hardback Illustrated
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Known for being a man of contradictions, Bacon exerted a stronghold over his work and reputation and yet did little to cultivate a legacy, declaring instead that he’d like everything about him to ‘blow up and disappear’ after his death. As a result it took his close friend Michael Peppiatt over a decade to assemble this collection of his statements, letters, studio notes and interviews, which together shed light on his painting and how he lived.
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A new selection of letters, statements and interviews reveal the preoccupations, thoughts and ideas of Francis Bacon, one of the 20th century's most influential and important artists.
The documents selected for Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in Words illustrate Bacon's sharp wit and ability to express complex ideas in highly personal, memorable language. Included here are not only letters to friends, patrons and fellow artists, but also intriguing notes and lists of paintings. They often come with a sketch as an aide-memoire or an injunction to himself as he worked in the studio, and many have only come to light since his death.
Bacon's letters mirror and reveal his dominant preoccupations at different points throughout his long career. Most of Bacon's letters have never been published and include several that he wrote to the author. Particularly intriguing is the record of a dream that he jotted down, outlining impossibly beautiful paintings he had conjured up in his sleep. Together with photographs, archive material and works by the artist are numerous reproductions of Bacon's characteristic handwriting, from the briefest jottings and notes to more extensive letters and statements.
Bacon frequently came up with memorable epithets and definitions. He delighted in doing with words what he set out to do in painting: 'I like phrases that cut me.' Michael Peppiatt explores the personal legacy of one of the 20th century's most important painters and presents a compelling verbal self-portrait that reveals both man and artist.
The documents selected for Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in Words illustrate Bacon's sharp wit and ability to express complex ideas in highly personal, memorable language. Included here are not only letters to friends, patrons and fellow artists, but also intriguing notes and lists of paintings. They often come with a sketch as an aide-memoire or an injunction to himself as he worked in the studio, and many have only come to light since his death.
Bacon's letters mirror and reveal his dominant preoccupations at different points throughout his long career. Most of Bacon's letters have never been published and include several that he wrote to the author. Particularly intriguing is the record of a dream that he jotted down, outlining impossibly beautiful paintings he had conjured up in his sleep. Together with photographs, archive material and works by the artist are numerous reproductions of Bacon's characteristic handwriting, from the briefest jottings and notes to more extensive letters and statements.
Bacon frequently came up with memorable epithets and definitions. He delighted in doing with words what he set out to do in painting: 'I like phrases that cut me.' Michael Peppiatt explores the personal legacy of one of the 20th century's most important painters and presents a compelling verbal self-portrait that reveals both man and artist.
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Known for being a man of contradictions, Bacon exerted a stronghold over his work and reputation and yet did little to cultivate a legacy, declaring instead that he’d like everything about him to ‘blow up and disappear’ after his death. As a result it took his close friend Michael Peppiatt over a decade to assemble this collection of his statements, letters, studio notes and interviews, which together shed light on his painting and how he lived.
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