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Drawings and notes about paintings by Francis Bacon

1950–7

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Available online are drawings and notes by Francis Bacon, an extract from a photo-journal and extracts from a boxing magazine, which have been painted over by Bacon, all from the 1950s.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.

Collection Owner
Francis Bacon 1909–1992
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

7 objects in this collection

  • Drawings and notes about paintings by Francis Bacon

    7 Objects

    • Extracts from an unidentified boxing magazine with photographs and illustrations of boxers and boxing matches

      2 Objects

Title
Drawings and notes about paintings by Francis Bacon
Date
1950–7
Description
Available online are drawings and notes by Francis Bacon, an extract from a photo-journal and extracts from a boxing magazine, which have been painted over by Bacon, all from the 1950s.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.
Reference
TGA 9810

Showing 7 objects

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

1950
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Francis Bacon Extract from unidentified boxing magazine with photographs of Joe Beckett, Georges Carpentier, Joe Louis and Max Schmeling

1950
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Francis Bacon Untitled drawing of three rooms approached by a ladder

date not known
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Francis Bacon Untitled drawing of sofas

date not known
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Francis Bacon Untitled drawing possibly of figures crawling on steps

date not known
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Francis Bacon Incomplete letter with drawn lines

date not known
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Francis Bacon Loose sheet with notes by Francis Bacon and headed ‘The Series of Nudes’

1 December 1957
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