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Portrait of Francis Bacon
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Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, 1952. Oil on metal, 7.8 x 12.5 cm. Formerly in the Tate Gallery, London. Stolen while on loan in Berlin in 1988.
In 1951, when the picture was made, Bacon and Freud, then aged 42 and 31 respectively, were close friends, though the relationship later cooled sharply. Bacon made a portrait of Freud, which was based on a photograph of Kafka, and turned out looking far more like Kafka. "That quite often happened with Bacon," William Feaver said.
But Freud worked on his portrait for months, sitting knee-to-knee with Bacon, painting in oils with a fine brush on a copper etching plate balanced on his knee.
Although Freud is best known for his pitiless studies of nudes, the portrait is full of tenderness, in contrast to the raddled figure Bacon became after a lifetime of alcohol and excess. It was bought instantly from the studio by the Tate Gallery - for an undisclosed sum, but believed to be less than £100 - to the chagrin of Freud's dealer, who hoped to include it for sale in an exhibition a few months later.
Text source: Maev Kennedy, "Posters beg Berliners to bring back the Bacon," Guardian, 22.06.01 → http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/jun/22/arts.artth eft
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 1 @ 07/10/2008 at 15:51 wrote:
Maby. Extraordinario
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2 @ 07/10/2008 at 15:52 wrote:
Monona. Una belleza perfecta. Un beso. Un te aprecio mucho.
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3 @ 07/10/2008 at 15:53 wrote:
Evita. Un retrato muy expresivo el de Francis Bacon. Mariano: muchos besos! :)
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