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A distorted portrait depicting a soft, blurred face in warm tones in a dark shirt, set against a muted, cloudy, blue-gray background.

Richard Hamilton

A Portrait of the Artist by Francis Bacon,

Maker

  • Dietz Offizin
  • E. Schreiber
  • Petersburg Press, Inc.
  • Richard Hamilton
  • Heinz Häfner

Title

A Portrait of the Artist by Francis Bacon

Medium

color screen print, collotype

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Color collotype (from a Polaroid of Richard Hamilton by Francis Bacon) and screenprint

Techniques

  • Color collotype (from a Polaroid of Richard Hamilton by Francis Bacon) and screenprint

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

54.6 x 49.5 cm (21 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:titled in pencil in LL:Portrait of the Artist by Francis Bacon; signed and numbered in LR:R. Hamilton 111/140 Verso:in pencil in UR:4151

Marks: Blindstamp in LR:PROFESSIONAL PRINTS 1971 (surrounding copyright symbol)

Identification

Edition

111/140

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund

Object Number

74.108

A Portrait of the Artist by Francis Bacon

111/140

Original--Recto:titled in pencil in LL:Portrait of the Artist by Francis Bacon; signed and numbered in LR:R. Hamilton 111/140 Verso:in pencil in UR:4151

Marks: Blindstamp in LR:PROFESSIONAL PRINTS 1971 (surrounding copyright symbol)

Exhibition History

Process Work

February 1 - July 20, 2025

Facing Artists

February 27 - July 31, 2009

The English Eye

June 21 - September 1, 1991
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