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Masterpieces: The Private Collection of S.I. Newhouse
FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)
Study for Portrait I (after the Life Mask of William Blake)
Details
FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)
Study for Portrait I (after the Life Mask of William Blake)
oil on canvas
24 x 20 1⁄8 in. (61 x 51.1 cm.)
Painted in 1955
Study for Portrait I (after the Life Mask of William Blake)
oil on canvas
24 x 20 1⁄8 in. (61 x 51.1 cm.)
Painted in 1955
Provenance
Gerard Schurmann, Henley-on-Thames (gift from the artist).
The artist.
Hanover Gallery, London (acquired from the above, 1 February 1955).
Durlacher Bros., New York (acquired from the above, 4 July 1955).
World House Gallery, New York (1959).
James Dewey and Mary Elizabeth Bisgard, Omaha (by 1962).
Acquired by the late owner, by August 2007.
The artist.
Hanover Gallery, London (acquired from the above, 1 February 1955).
Durlacher Bros., New York (acquired from the above, 4 July 1955).
World House Gallery, New York (1959).
James Dewey and Mary Elizabeth Bisgard, Omaha (by 1962).
Acquired by the late owner, by August 2007.
Literature
D. Sylvester, “Enter Bacon, With The Bacon Scream” in The New York Times, 20 October 1963, p. 24 (illustrated).
R. Alley, Francis Bacon: Catalogue raisonné and Documentation, London, 1964, pp. 91-92, 105 and 271 (illustrated, no. 92).
D. Farson, The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon, London, 1994, p. 98.
M. Harrison, In Camera - Francis Bacon: Photography, Film and the Practice of Painting, London, 2005, p. 134.
B. Dawson and M. Harrison, Francis Bacon: A Terrible Beauty, exh. cat., Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, 2009, pp. 22 and 75.
A. Bond, ed., Francis Bacon: Five Decades, exh. cat., Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2012, p. 39.
M. Harrison, ed., Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, London, 2016, vol. I, p. 13; vol. II, pp. 420 and 470 (illustrated in color, p. 421); and vol. III, pp. 608 and 910.
R. Alley, Francis Bacon: Catalogue raisonné and Documentation, London, 1964, pp. 91-92, 105 and 271 (illustrated, no. 92).
D. Farson, The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon, London, 1994, p. 98.
M. Harrison, In Camera - Francis Bacon: Photography, Film and the Practice of Painting, London, 2005, p. 134.
B. Dawson and M. Harrison, Francis Bacon: A Terrible Beauty, exh. cat., Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, 2009, pp. 22 and 75.
A. Bond, ed., Francis Bacon: Five Decades, exh. cat., Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2012, p. 39.
M. Harrison, ed., Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, London, 2016, vol. I, p. 13; vol. II, pp. 420 and 470 (illustrated in color, p. 421); and vol. III, pp. 608 and 910.
Exhibited
London, Hanover Gallery, Bacon, Scott, Sutherland, June-July 1955, no. 3.
Palm Beach, Society of the Four Arts; Coral Gables, University of Miami, Lowe Gallery; Havana, Patronato de Bellas Artes Y Museos Nacionales and Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, Contemporary British Painting, January-June 1956, p. 9, no. 2 (titled Study of a Portrait).
New York, Durlacher Bros., Summer Exhibition, 1956.
New York, Durlacher Bros., Summer Exhibition, 1958.
London, Tate Gallery; Kunsthalle Mannheim; Turin, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna; Kunsthaus Zurich and Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Francis Bacon, May 1962-February 1963, no. 43 (illustrated).
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and The Art Institute of Chicago, Francis Bacon, October 1963-February 1964, pp. 28 and 50 (illustrated, p. 51, no. 30).
Northridge, California State University, Fine Arts Gallery, Fundamental Aspects of Modernism, March-April 1977, no. 2 (illustrated in color; titled Study for Portrait II (after the life mask of William Blake)).
London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Francis Bacon: Paintings, May-July 1985, pp. 14 and 42, no. 5 (illustrated in color, p. 15).
Palm Beach, Society of the Four Arts; Coral Gables, University of Miami, Lowe Gallery; Havana, Patronato de Bellas Artes Y Museos Nacionales and Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, Contemporary British Painting, January-June 1956, p. 9, no. 2 (titled Study of a Portrait).
New York, Durlacher Bros., Summer Exhibition, 1956.
New York, Durlacher Bros., Summer Exhibition, 1958.
London, Tate Gallery; Kunsthalle Mannheim; Turin, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna; Kunsthaus Zurich and Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Francis Bacon, May 1962-February 1963, no. 43 (illustrated).
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and The Art Institute of Chicago, Francis Bacon, October 1963-February 1964, pp. 28 and 50 (illustrated, p. 51, no. 30).
Northridge, California State University, Fine Arts Gallery, Fundamental Aspects of Modernism, March-April 1977, no. 2 (illustrated in color; titled Study for Portrait II (after the life mask of William Blake)).
London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Francis Bacon: Paintings, May-July 1985, pp. 14 and 42, no. 5 (illustrated in color, p. 15).
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