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Francis Bacon's art is a deep exploration of the human condition told through the revolutionary lens of a true genius. His distorted and contorted figures explore aspects religion, mythology & the deeply personal. Explore our latest Francis Bacon prints for sale at Guy Hepner, Bacon dealers since 2007.
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Works
Francis Bacon
Triptych, March 1974 - centre panel, 1978, 1978Offset lithograph on Wove paper
Signed and numbered
31 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.
80 x 60.3 cm.
Series: Edition of 150Copyright The ArtistFrancis Bacon’s Triptych March 1974 is a haunting meditation on the instability of the human form, the fragility of identity, and the unease of existence. In the attached panel, a...Francis Bacon’s Triptych March 1974 is a haunting meditation on the instability of the human form, the fragility of identity, and the unease of existence. In the attached panel, a central figure emerges as a distorted, near-abstract body suspended in flux. Neither fully present nor fully dissolving, it appears to melt into the surrounding space, its amorphous mass of ghostly blues and pinks evoking both flesh and shadow. The image captures Bacon’s relentless fascination with the human condition—its impermanence, its distortions, and its collapse into ambiguity.
The structure of the composition heightens this disquiet. A stark contrast divides the scene: the heavy black of the background presses against the pale foreground, as if trapping the figure between opposing voids. A thin horizontal line bisects the canvas, suggesting a barrier or threshold—between interior and exterior, conscious and unconscious, or even life and death. Suspended above, a solitary lightbulb dangles, casting its faint, clinical glow. A recurring motif in Bacon’s work, the bulb here underscores the sterile atmosphere, amplifying the sense of isolation and existential despair.
Colour and form work in tandem to evoke vulnerability. The distorted flesh tones are tender and unsettling, collapsing into formlessness against the surrounding void. Blurred contours and twisted outlines give the impression of motion, as though the figure is caught mid-metamorphosis—an image of life constantly slipping away from stability. In this work, Bacon fuses distortion with raw emotional charge, presenting the body as both fragile matter and existential metaphor. Triptych March 1974 stands as a powerful expression of his preoccupation with suffering, solitude, and the fleeting nature of human existence.
Overview
"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery".
Francis Bacon is one of the most important artists of the 20th century and post-war movements. Arguably one of the finest and most celebrated artists of his generation, Bacon holds a pivotal role in contemporary art through his revolutionary approach to his craft. One of the great explorers of the human condition Francis Bacon and his art, touch on fateful mix of mythology, religion, love and death, and document our joys, sorrows and pains perhaps better than any other artist before or since.
The imagery of Bacon is one of pure expression rejecting the prevailing artistic style of abstraction of the era, in favor of a distinctive and disturbing realism and his distorted forms convey a sense of both beauty and despair. The dichotomy in Bacon’s prints and imagery can be seen through his raw use of violent, yet delicate colors as well as the marriage he makes between the figurative and abstract. It is this soft balance between the brutal and the subtle, the violent and the soft and happiness and anguish that make Francis Bacon’s art so important and collectible. A master of painting, and known for his large scale canvases, Bacon combines seemingly disparate tectures, colours and forms to ceate a whirlwind of emotion conveying and reaching the heart of his subjective matter. Equally so Franci Bacon's print output, often as apres, lithographs or signed prints, offer his most popular subjects including Pope Francis and his famous triptychs.
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