Self-Portrait

Francis Bacon, 1929

MEDIUMGouache, pen and black ink, and black crayon on cream wove paper

DIMENSIONS63 × 48.3 cm (24 13/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

LOCATIONArt Institute of Chicago

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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.