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Title: The Francis Bacon collection.
Description: A cura di = curated by Fernando Castro Flórez. Bologna : Scripta Maneant, 2021. Hardcover. 455 pp. color illustrations. 30 cm. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. From a private collection in Italy, these previously unpublished works by Francis Bacon are presented here in thematic sections, each of which is preceded by a short introductory text.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 Castro Florez, and an authentication report from Ambra Draghetti, graphological consultant to the Court of Bologna. Contents : Francis Bacon, drawings / Edward Lucie-Smith -- The parallel worlds of Francis Bacon / Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino -- Francis Bacon, full-body drawing / Fernando Castro Flo´res -- Drives -- Being and time -- The Pope -- Crucifixions -- Devotions -- Portraits -- Love -- Drawings as rebellion and love / Umberto Guerini -- Signum Baconiensia / Ambra Draghetti -- Unfinished / Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino. ISBN 9788895847870.

Keywords: ART, Bacon, Francis (1909-1992)

Price: EUR 30.00 = appr. US$ 32.61 Seller: Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag
- Book number: %23292161