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The literature on Francis Bacon is large and ever expanding. While Bacon has been vividly discussed during his lifetime, after his death the uncovering of sketches by the artist, a rediscovery of paintings previously lost or presumed destroyed, and the reconstruction of his studio in Dublin have prompted a growing number of new studies, articles and exhibitions. Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, published by The Estate of Francis Bacon in 2016 contains a comprehensive bibliography of writing on the artist, which forms the basis of the present section on francis-bacon.com. The Estate of Francis Bacon is currently in the process of digitising, editing, expanding and updating this bibliography and new entries will be uploaded on a regular basis.

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Francis Bacon: The Papal Portraits of 1953

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego San Diego, 2001, English

Francis Bacon in Dublin

Thames & Hudson in assoc. with Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane London, 2000, English

Francis Bacon: A Retrospective

Harry N. Abrams in assoc. with the Trust for Museum Exhibitions New York, 1999, English

Bacon's Arena

Adam Low, BBC Television for Arena London, The Estate of Francis Bacon London, 2005, English

Bacon: 1909-1992

Luigi Ficacci, Taschen Cologne and London, 2003, English

7 Reece Mews Francis Bacon's Studio

Perry Ogden, Thames & Hudson London, 2001, English

The Brutality of Fact: Interviews with Francis Bacon

David Sylvester, Thames & Hudson London, 1987, 1993, 2012, English

Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné

Martin Harrison, The Estate of Francis Bacon London, 2016, English

The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon

Daniel Farson, Vintage London, 1994, English

Bacon: Portraits and Self-Portraits

Milan Kundera, France Borel, Thames & Hudson London and New York, 1996, English

Francis Bacon: Studying Form

The Estate of Francis Bacon London, Faggionato Fine Arts,London, 2005, English

Francis Bacon and the Masters

Amanda Geitner, Thierry Morel, Calvin Winner, Fontanka Publications London, 2015

'Regrets: Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Jasper Johns'

Margarita Cappock, The Burlington Magazine, 2015, English

Van Gogh by Bacon

Actes Sud and Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles, 2002, English

'Francis Bacon: Lost and Found'

Martin Harrison, Apollo, 2005, English

Van Gogh vu par Bacon

Actes Sud and Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles, 2002, French

Francis Bacon: Working on Paper

Matthew Gale, Tate Gallery,London, 1999, English

Francis Bacon

Editions du Centre Pompidou Paris, 1996, French

'Francis Bacon: The Studio as Symbol'

Michael Peppiatt, Connoisseur, 1984, English

'The art of Francis Bacon'

Michel Leiris, Times Literary Supplement London, 1977, English

'Bacon's "Black" Triptychs'

Hugh M. Davies, Art in America New York, 1975, English

'Pop Art since 1949'

Lawrence Alloway, The Listener London, 1962, English

'A Note on the Development of Francis Bacon's Painting'

Helen Lessore, X: A Quarterly Review, 1961, English

Francis Bacon

Haus der Kunst,Munich, 1996, German

'Francis Bacon: the Anatomy of Horror'

Sam Hunter, Magazine of Art London and New York, 1952, English

'The Paintings of Francis Bacon'

David Sylvester, The Listener London, 1952, English

'Francis Bacon'

Robert Melville, Horizon London, 1949, 1950, English

Francis Bacon

Rudy Chiappini, Electa Milan, 1993, English

'At the Lefevre'

Raymond Mortimer, The New Statesman and Nation,London, 1945, English

Francis Bacon

Lawrence Gowing, Sam Hunter, The Smithsonian Institution Washington, Thames & Hudson London, 1990, English

Francis Bacon

Tate Gallery in assoc. with Thames & Hudson London, Harry N. Abrams New York, 1985, English

Francis Bacon: In Conversation with Michel Archimbaud

Michel Archimbaud, Phaidon Press London, 1993, 2010, English

FRANCIS BACON: RECENT PAINTINGS 1968-1974

Metropolitan Museum of Art,New York, 1975, English

'Francis Bacon: une bouche comme un Sahara'

Jacques Saraben, Art Press Paris, 1996, French

Francis Bacon

Centre national d'art contemporain Paris, 1971, French

Francis Bacon

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation,New York, 1963, English

Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma

Michael Peppiatt, Constable London, 2008, English

Francis Bacon: His Life and Violent Times

Andrew Sinclair, Sinclair-Stevenson London, 1993, English

Francis Bacon

Tate Gallery,London, 1962, English

Sunday Night Francis Bacon

Michael Gill, BBC Television London, 1966, English

Francis Bacon

David Hinton, London Weekend Television, South Bank Show London, 1985

Francis Bacon: Grand Palais 1971

Gavin Millar, Colin Nears, BBC Television London, 1971

Francis Bacon

Pierre Koralnik, Alexandre Burger, Radio Télévision Suisse Romande Geneva, 1964, French

Francis Bacon: Paintings 1944-62

David Thompson, Samaritan Films London, Gala Film London, 1962, English

'Pop Since 1949'

Lawrence Alloway, Artforum, 2004, English