Artist Monograph

Francis Bacon, British

British, born Ireland. 1909–1992

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Production by Decade

1

1940s

3

1950s

1

1990s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	20%
Large (1–3 m)	4	80%

Range: 61.1 cm → 198.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1948	1
1956	1
1979	2
2003	1

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 5 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Painting Painting Acc. 229.1948	1946	Oil and pastel on linen	6' 5 7/8" x 52" (197.8 x 132.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
Study for Portrait VII Painting Acc. 254.1956	1953	Oil on canvas	60 x 46 1/8" (152.3 x 117 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden
Study of a Baboon Painting Acc. 1198.1979	1953	Oil on canvas	6' 6 1/8" x 54 1/8" (198.3 x 137.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	James Thrall Soby Bequest
Study for Portrait, Number IV (After the Life Mask of William Blake) Painting Acc. 1199.1979	1956	Oil on canvas	24 1/8 x 20" (61.1 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	James Thrall Soby Bequest
Triptych Painting Acc. 74.2003.a-c	1991	Oil on linen, three panels	Each panel 6' 6" x 58 1/8" (198.1 x 147.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	William A. M. Burden Fund and Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest Fund (both by exchange)