Francis Bacon Retrieved: Lost Words / New Writing

by Amanda Harrison, Maria Balaska, Martin Harrison

David Sylvester's Interviews with Francis Bacon remain the most consulted writing on Bacon. For the first time, Bacon's words appear here in their unredacted form. Other essays throw light on form and accident in Bacon's work, chimera and liminal entities, the psychology of the imposter, and destroyed paintings.

Half of this volume, an unprecedented proportion in the Studies series, is devoted to one topic: key parts of Bacon's responses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500966273
• ISBN13: 9780500966273
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 232 Pages