Martin Harrison, Sophie Pretorius

Revisions

Francis Bacon in the Act of Painting

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Produktbeschreibung

An indispensable supplement to Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, uncovering valuable new information about the artist's practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 316mm x 251mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 1348g
• ISBN-13: 9780500966280
• ISBN-10: 0500966281
• Artikelnr.: 71230610

Autorenporträt

Martin Harrison is one of the foremost scholars of Francis Bacon, and the editor of Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné. Sophie Pretorius is Archivist of the Estate's Bacon collection, and has transcribed all Bacon's surviving medical records.

Inhaltsangabe

Structure
Introduction - The Act of Painting: Martin Harrison
Changes: Sophie Pretorius
The main survey is arranged thematically, in eleven sections:
1. Erasures - Painting out figures and devices
2. Violations - Adding patches of colour, especially black, and gouging out
3. Remodels - Changing pose and facial expression
4. Shades - Changing colour of background and elements of foreground
5. Substitutions - Replacing canvases entirely, and collage
6. Separations - Moving panels away from and towards each other; cropping
canvases
7. Insertions - Insertion of figures and devices
8. Saturations - Saturating/filling in outlines
9. Elaborations - Adding detail
10. Refinements - Minor changes and invisible but purported changes