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Self-Portrait by Francis Bacon

Self-Portrait

Francis Bacon · 1929

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DETAILS
Artist
Francis Bacon
Date
1929
Medium
Gouache, pen and black ink, and black crayon on cream wove paper
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
63 × 48.3 cm (24 13/16 × 19 1/16 in.)
ART MOVEMENTS
CubismExpressionismSurrealism
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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