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Artist or Maker: Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

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Description: Francis Bacon (1909-1992)
Study from the Human Body, Man Turning on the Light
signed, titled and dated 'Study from The human body Man Turning on The light Francis Bacon 1973' (on the reverse)
oil and acrylic on canvas
78 x 58in. (198 x 147.3cm.)
Painted in 1973-74

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Provenance: Marlborough Fine Art, London.
Given by the artist in lieu of rent to the present owners in 1975 (a replacement for another work).

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Exhibited: London, Royal Academy of Arts, British Painting 1952-1977 , September-November 1977, no. 28, p. 29.
London, Tate Gallery, Francis Bacon , May-August 1985, no. 90 (illustrated in colour, unpaged). This exhibition later travelled to Suttgart, Staatsgalerie, October 1985-January 1986 and Berlin, Nationalgalerie, February-March 1986.
Manchester, City Art Gallery, The Pursuit of the Real: British Figurative Painting, from Sickert to Bacon , March-April 1990, no. 47 (illustrated in colour, unpaged). This exhibition later travelled to London, Barbican Art Gallery, May-July 1990 and Glasgow, City Art Gallery, July-September 1990.
Lugano, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Francis Bacon , March-May 1993.
Sheffield, Millennium Galleries, Francis Bacon , July-September 2001.
Valencia, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Francis Bacon: The Sacred and the Profane , December 2003-March 2004 (illustrated in colour, p. 98). This exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée Maillol, April-June 2004.
Dusseldorf, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Francis Bacon-The Violence of the Real , September 2006-January 2007, no. 58 (illustrated in colour, p. 175).

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Notes: PROPERTY FROM THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART