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Extracts from an unidentified boxing magazine with photographs and illustrations of boxers and boxing matches
Extract from unidentified boxing magazine with photograph of Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney

Francis Bacon

Extract from unidentified boxing magazine with photograph of Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney

1950

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Created by: Francis Bacon 1909–1992
Title: Extract from unidentified boxing magazine with photograph of Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney
Date: 1950
Description: The image of Jack Dempsey has been painted over by Francis Bacon.
Format: Document - press cutting
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Purchased from the Marlborough Gallery with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and an anonymous gift in memory of Mario Tazzoli, 1998
Reference: TGA 9810/8/1

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Drawings and notes about paintings by Francis Bacon TGA 9810 (7)
- Extracts from an unidentified boxing magazine with photographs and illustrations of boxers and boxing matches TGA 9810/8 (2)
- - Extract from unidentified boxing magazine with photograph of Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney TGA 9810/8/1