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Head by Francis Bacon

Head

Francis Bacon · 1951

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DETAILS
Artist
Francis Bacon
Date
1951
Medium
oil on canvas
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Culture
England, 20th century
Credit line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
ART MOVEMENTS
CubismExpressionismSurrealism
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THE ARTIST

Francis Bacon

1909–1992 · Ireland

Irish painter who transformed human figures into raw, distorted forms trapped in geometric cages.

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