THE FRANCIS BACON COLLECTION frida kahlo From his responses to portraiture

From his responses to portraiture by earlier artists

and Pellegrino Tibaldi

Monet’s wild poppies

often deriding expressive works as nothing more than the untutored efforts of children

Now his ingenious imagination propels the work of some of history's greatest artists to the skies

THE FRANCIS BACON COLLECTION frida kahlo From his responses to portraitureFrom a private collection in Italy, these previously unpublished works by Francis Bacon are presented here in thematic sections, each of which is preceded by a short introductory text. Nearly 700 drawings, pastels, and collages were gifted by Bacon over the course of many years to his close friend, Italian journalist Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino. His commentary is included here, along with texts by noted art historians Edward Lucie Smith and Fernando