Figure Study I

© The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved. DACS 2024. Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland

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This is an important early painting by Bacon, as he destroyed much of his work from the period of 1935 to 1944. Despite the title, it is a figure

National Galleries of Scotland: Modern

Title

Figure Study I

Date

1945–1946

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 123 x W 105.5 cm

Accession number

GMA 3941

Acquisition method

accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 1998

Work type

Painting

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