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Francis Bacon

6 of 32 portraits of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon, by Clare Shenstone, circa 1982 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Francis Bacon

by Clare Shenstone
conté, circa 1982
59 in. x 51 in. (1500 mm x 1295 mm)
Purchased, 1998
Primary Collection
NPG 6424


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  • Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Painter. Sitter associated with 32 portraits.

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Clare Shenstone met Francis Bacon after he had admired her degree show work at the Royal College of Art in 1979. He invited her to make a portrait of him, and over the next two years she made a number of finished drawings, such as this one, as well as sketches, oil paintings and a fabric relief head.

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