'Cross-legged Figure with Arms Raised, No. 2', Francis Bacon

Artwork details

Artist

Francis Bacon (1909‑1992)

Title

Cross-legged Figure with Arms Raised, No. 2

Date c.1957-61

MediumOil paint on paper

Dimensionssupport: 254 x 190 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a group of anonymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli 1998

Reference

T07385

View this artwork by appointment, at Tate Britain's Prints and Drawings Rooms

Catalogue entry

T07385

Ink on white wove paper
253 x 190 (10 x 7 7/16)
Watermarked ‘Telelinen | BRITISH MADE | NO 1 MILL’ upside down across centre

Purchased from Paul Danquah and Peter Pollock with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and a group of anonymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli, 1998

Provenance:
Acquired from the artist (by 1961)

Exhibited:
Francis Bacon: Working on Paper, Tate Gallery, London, February-April 1999 (38, reproduced in colour)

Cross-legged Figure with Arms Raised, no.2 shows a figure assuming the same pose explored in the immediately preceding sheet (T07384) from the ‘Telelinen’ sketchpad. Differences lie in the change of medium, the ink drawing here being traced in pencil on the other page, and in the slight modification of the position which result from the loose elaboration of the pose… (read more)