Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait new in This publication is an attempt

This publication is an attempt to redress this and to show her range and something of her life’s work

Deirdre Madden

tells us in his illuminating Introduction

from the back garden to the local park and the countryside

A thoughtful gift or collector’s set

Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait new in This publication is an attemptFrancis Bacon was one of most elusive and enigmatic creative geniuses of the twentieth century. However much his avowed aim was to simplify both himself and his art, he remained a deeply complex person. Bacon was keenly aware of this underlying contradiction, and whether talking or painting, strove consciously towards absolute clarity and simplicity, calling himself simply complicated. Until now, this complexity has rarely come across in the large