Head V
| Head V | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Francis Bacon |
| Year | 1949 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 82 cm × 66 cm (32 in × 26 in) |
| Location | Private collection |
Head V is a 1949 painting by Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon, one of the series of works made in 1949 for his first one-man exhibition at the Hanover Gallery, in London. It measures 82 by 66 centimetres (32 in × 26 in) and is held in a private collection. The painting is part of a series of six works from the late 1940s depicting heads. Like Head II, the work depicts a distorted head in a space in a space shrouded with vertical bands interpreted as curtains, with several safety pins in the curtains.
Bacon's six Head paintings were first exhibited at the Hanover Gallery in 1949, alongside four other important early works by Bacon:
References
- ^ Farr; Peppiatt; Yard (1999), p. 13
- ^ "Exhibition catalogues: A chronological selection of solo and group exhibition catalogues from the MB Art Collection. Archived 2015-01-28 at the Wayback Machine". MB Art Foundation. Retrieved 20 May 2017
Sources
- Dawson, Barbara; Sylvester, David. Francis Bacon in Dublin. London: Thames & Hudson, 2000. ISBN 978-0-500-28254-0
- Farr, Dennis; Peppiatt, Michael; Yard, Sally. Francis Bacon: A Retrospective. NY: Harry N Abrams, 1999. ISBN 978-0-8109-2925-8
- ISBN 978-0-8133-3520-9
- ISBN 978-0-500-20169-5
External links
- Head V (1949), francis-bacon.com
- Head V, 1949, Artimage
- Wyndham Lewis and Francis Bacon, Jan Cox
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