id:			151011
accession number:	1982.56
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.56
updated:		2023-05-27 11:01:43.951000

Head, 1951. Francis Bacon (British, 1909–1992). Oil on canvas; framed: 86 x 77 x 6 cm (33 7/8 x 30 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.); unframed: 62.9 x 53.3 cm (24 3/4 x 21 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1982.56 © Estate of Francis Bacon / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York  / DACS, London

title:				Head
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creation date:			1951
creation date earliest:		1951
creation date latest:		1951
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
copyright:			© Estate of Francis Bacon / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York  / DACS, London

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culture:	England, 20th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Francis Bacon (British, 1909–1992)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 86 x 77 x 6 cm (33 7/8 x 30 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 62.9 x 53.3 cm (24 3/4 x 21 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1982
	opening date:   1983-01-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1982</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).

	title:		Images of the Mind
	opening date:   1987-07-07T04:00:00
	<i>Images of the Mind</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Lucien Freud, London; Mrs. Brenda Bomford, Aldbourne, England
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wall description:
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Bacon developed his signature motif of screaming heads trapped in glass or metal cages while working in London in the late 1940s and early ‘50s. The exploration of extreme states of emotion in these inwardly tortured figures reflects the influence of Surrealism. Bacon certainly knew Salvador Dalí‘s The Dream, a featured painting in the London International Surrealist Exhibition of 1936, and now displayed in this gallery. Bacon‘s isolated heads have strong affinities with the caged figures in the paintings and sculptures of his close friend, Alberto Giacometti.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Henning, Edward B. "A Painting by Francis Bacon." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 70, no. 9 (November 1983): 354-359.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 354; Mentioned: P. 354-359
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159833

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Images of the Mind.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1987.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 29
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	Sylvester, David. <em>Looking Back at Francis Bacon</em>. London: Thames &amp; Hudson, 2000.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 36
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