Complex sentence: Davies & Yard, 27 Bacon adapts the old master's device to isolate and distance the sitter from viewer; the black ground-paint is visible through the folds, making the separation all the more affecting.
Split into simpler sentences: Davies & Yard, 27 Bacon adapts the old master's device to isolate and distance the sitter from viewer. Through the folds the black ground-paint is visible, making the separation all the more affecting.