Francis Bacon
By: edited by Matthew Gale and Chris Stephens ; essays by Martin Harrison ... [et al.].
Contributors: Gale, Matthew.; Stephens, Chris.; Harrison, Martin, 1945-; Tate Britain (Gallery); Museo del Prado.; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Skira Rizzoli
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780847832750
Subjects: Bacon, Francis, -- 1909-1992 -- Exhibitions; Figurative painting, English -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Notes: Published to accompany the exhibition Francis Bacon : a centenary exhibition, held Sept. 11,  2008-Jan. 4, 2009 at the Tate Britain, London ;  Feb. 3-April 19, 2009 at the Museo nacional del Prado, Madrid ; May 20-Aug. 16, 2009 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267) and index.
Table of contents: title: On the margin of the impossible / Matthew Gale and Chris Stephens; title: Bacon and his critics / Gary Tinterow, assisted by Ian Alteveer; title: Bacon's paintings / Martin Harrison; title: Film, fantasy, history / David Alan Mellor; title: Comparative strangers / Simon Ofield; title: 'Real imagination is technical imagination' / Victoria Walsh; title: Catalogue : Animal ; Zone ; Apprehension ; Crucifixion ; Crisis ; Archive ; Portrait ; Memorial ; Epic ; Late; title: Chronology.