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Pope I (1951)

Francis Bacon

oil on canvas

Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Pope I (1951)
Pope I (1951)
Pope I (1951)

© the estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved. DACS 2023 Photo credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Details

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Physical Object Description:

Canvas commercially prepared, white oil ground, on reverse i.e. canvas stretched ‘wrong way round’

Dimensions:

197.8 x 137.4 (support) cm

Accession Number:

ABDAG002364

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1956

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the Hanover Gallery, London by Wilfred Ariel Evill (1890-1963) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1952 (for £225); presented to Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, 1956

Relationship:

Wilfrid Ariel 'W. A.' Evill Hanover Gallery, London Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Subject:

Political, Power, Man

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Francis Bacon
Pope I (1951)

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