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 |
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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 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: Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, Figure in a landscape, Study from the Human Body (also known as Study for Figure) and Study for Portrait (also known as Man in a Blue Box).[1][2] It has been described as one of the most elusive images produced by Bacon and also as the most abstract or indistinct picture of the series. It has not been exhibited since 1958, and was owned by a private collector in Switzerland in 1964.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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
[edit | edit source]- Dawson, Barbara; Sylvester, David. Francis Bacon in Dublin. London: Thames & Hudson, 2000. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Farr, Dennis; Peppiatt, Michael; Yard, Sally. Francis Bacon: A Retrospective. NY: Harry N Abrams, 1999. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Peppiatt, Michael. Anatomy of an Enigma. London: Westview Press, 1996. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Russell, John. Francis Bacon (World of Art). NY: Norton, 1971. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Head V (1949), francis-bacon.com
- Head V, 1949, Artimage
- Wyndham Lewis and Francis Bacon, Jan Cox