Marching Figures - Francis Bacon

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Marching Figures - Francis Bacon

Marching Figures - Francis Bacon

Artist :
Bacon, Francis (1909-1992)
Date :
1952
Type of image :
Peinture sur toile
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
198.1x137.2 cm
Topic :
Allegory
Storage Location :
Collection particulière
CR number 52-22

Description

Bacon is said to have borrowed these "Figures on the march" from an illustration depicting Egyptian soldiers in Amédée Ozenfant's Foundations of Modern Art, Dover Publications, 1952.

Is the animal placed atop the large parallelepiped a bear or a man? It has sometimes been identified with the Russian bear, and the painting as a metaphor for the Cold War and the Suez crisis, but there is no consensus on this reading.

Technical Data

Notice #025555

Image HD

Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Francis Bacon (https://www.francis-bacon.com)
Copyright / Photographer :
The Estate of Francis Bacon / DACS London 2020. All rights reserved.

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