Francis Bacon prints

Francis Bacon approached printmaking as an extension of his painting, using etching and aquatint to explore the human figure, gesture and spatial tension. His prints show contorted, isolated forms set against sparse, often ambiguous backgrounds, capturing the drama and immediacy of his work on paper. Through repeated states and experimentation with line, tone and texture, Bacon’s prints reveal his methodical engagement with the medium. Across his career, Bacon prints became a vital arena for testing ideas, refining composition, and pushing the expressive limits of printmaking.

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Three Studies of Lucian Freud

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Portrait of George Dyer Talking

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Triptych 1986-7

FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)

Figure in Movement

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Triptych 1974-1977

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Study for Portrait

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Portrait of Henrietta Moraes

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Seated Figure

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Self-Portrait

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Three Studies for Self-Portrait

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Study for Self-Portrait

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Portrait of Henrietta Moraes

FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)

Three Studies for Self-Portrait

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Study for a Portrait

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Three Studies for Self-Portrait

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Version No. 2 of Lying Figure with Hypodermic Syringe

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Figure in Movement

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Three Studies for Self-Portrait

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Landscape near Malabata , Tangier

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Figure Turning

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Study of Henrietta Moraes Laughing

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Study for Head of Lucian Freud

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Study for Head of Isabel Rawsthorne and George Dyer

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Two Men Working in a Field

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Study from the Human Body, Man Turning on the Light

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Study for a Head

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Head with Raised Arm

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Three Studies for a Portrait

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Two Men Working in a Field

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Untitled (Crouching Nude on Rail)

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Study for Self-Portrait

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Landscape with Car

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Portrait of Man with Glasses III

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Two Figures

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Painting 1990

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Man in Blue VI

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Study from the Human Body

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Sand Dune

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Man in Blue VII

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

'Man at a Washbasin'

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Study for Portrait I (after the Life Mask of William Blake)

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Painting March 1985

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Study of Portrait of John Edwards

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Study for a Portrait

FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)

Seated Man

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Painted Screen

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Studies of Isabel Rawsthorne

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Study for Portrait