The preparation of the first comprehensive catalogue of the works of Francis bacon took at least 10 years. In the book we will see about 100 previously unpublished works

In April 2016 will be released the first catalogue raisonné of the works of Francis bacon. Preparation of the catalog took at least 10 years, in the book we will see about 100 previously unpublished works. Re-open some of the works were recently discovered in a private Italian kollektsii@

"All that wrote about Bacon — good, or, more often, to bad, it was based only on a third of his works, says art historian Martin Harrison, involved in the preparation of the catalogue. — The main advantage of the new catalogue raisonné is the fact that for the first time it will be possible to properly examine and evaluate all heritage bacon. We believe that this will have a huge impact on the perception of his paintings".

it is Known that bacon destroyed a great number of his works, especially in his earlier works. But what's even more interesting, from 584 currently known extant work available to the public only half. Admirers of bacon is known about 180 of his paintings and drawings, E. a relatively small part of what he sdelal@

To this catalogue raisonné was considered to be the most detailed study of 1964 prepared by the Director of the Tate John Rotenshteyna. It is said that the book was hard on him, since the artist was reluctant to Sotrudnichestvo@

Among the discoveries of the catalog previously unknown portrait of the "Screaming Pope", who later became the first of the famous series. The directory has already gone to the printer, but the whereabouts of four of the paintings remains unknown. This is the work of "Reclining figure" (1953), "the man with the wound on his head" (1955), "Miss suzy Solidor" (1957) and "Women's head" (1961).  

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: artnet.com, artinvestment.ru