'Francis Bacon'

This remarkable volume captures the dark and extraordinary mind of one of the most important painters of the twentieth century. Maverick Irish-British painter, Francis Bacon (1909-1992) encapsulated the terror and alienation of the postwar psyche through his distinctive and disturbing realism. 'Francis Bacon' is the result of a rare series of interviews and sittings, which took place just before his death. Author and acclaimed French photographer Francis Giacobetti presents never-before-published photographs of Bacon and his surroundings, alongside eerie, original photographs inspired by Bacon's distorted and dreamlike works. Excerpts from conversations between artist and photographer are woven through this exceptional title for Assouline.