Study of the Sphinx Artist: Francis Bacon (British, 1909–1992)

1953

Modern and Contemporary Art

Not on view
Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

framed: 84 5/8 × 60 9/16 × 3 3/4 in. (214.95 × 153.83 × 9.53 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Stephen Carlton Clark, B.A. 1903

Accession Number

1958.3

Culture
Period

20th century

Classification
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Bibliography
  • Francis Bacon, exh. cat. (Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 2013), 44, 185, no. 12
Object copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

animal art

Inscriptions

n.s.

Signed

Bacon, Francis (1910- ) Great Britain

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