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Interviews with Francis Bacon

by David Sylvester, Francis Bacon

An examination of the career and life of twentieth-century artist Francis Bacon, analysing his work from 1933 to the early 1990s. The volume features extracts from personal conversations alongside reproductions of the artworks discussed.

Accession 2689 ISBN 0500274754 Publisher Thames & Hudson
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