Full Description
From a private collection in Italy, these previously unpublished works by Francis Bacon are presented here in thematic sections, each of which is preceded by a short introductory text. Nearly 700 drawings, pastels, and collages were gifted by Bacon over the course of many years to his close friend, Italian journalist Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino. His commentary is included here, along with texts by noted art historians Edward Lucie-Smith and Fernando Castro Flórez, and an authentication report from Ambra Draghetti, graphological consultant to the Court of Bologna. The works were photographed expressly for this publication.
Text in English and Italian.
Contents
Editor's Note
Francis Bacon, Drawings by Edward Lucie-Smith
The Parallel Worlds of Francis Bacon by Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino
Francis Bacon, Full-body Drawing by Fernando Castro Flórez
Drives
Essere and Tempo
The Pope
Crucifixions
Devotion
Portraits
Love
Drawings as Rebellion and Love by Umberto Guerini
Signum Baconiensia by Ambra Draghetti
Unfinished by Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino
