Bacon. I Maestri del Colore 189
Milan: Fratelli Fabbri Editori, 1966. 1st Edition. Folio, publisher's stiff illustrated paper wraps, french flaps.
Mid-1960s Italian survey of Anglo-Irish figurative painter Francis Bacon’s work, with an essay by English art historian Sir John Rothenstein. Comprises a selection of sixteen paintings Bacon made between 1944 and '66, a period in which he developed his mature style, ascending from an unknown interior designer to a controversial yet widely celebrated painter. Illustrated with full-page color plates, and smaller reproductions in black-and-white. Text in Italian. Issued as number 189 in the publisher's prolific I Maestri del Colore series. Some soiling and edgewear to wraps. Very good. Item #12347
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