THE FRANCIS BACON COLLECTION frida kahlo Toulouse-Lautrec seems to have been

Toulouse-Lautrec seems to have been drawn early on to visions of a demimonde

as well as reproductions of some of their most famous works

From his responses to portraiture by earlier artists

and 13th-century painting from his native Italy

Paris and the seedy milieu of post-war London

THE FRANCIS BACON COLLECTION frida kahlo Toulouse-Lautrec seems to have beenFrom a private collection in Italy, these previously unpublished works by Francis Bacon are presented here in thematic sections, each of which is preceded by a short introductory text. Nearly 700 drawings, pastels, and collages were gifted by Bacon over the course of many years to his close friend, Italian journalist Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino. His commentary is included here, along with texts by noted art historians Edward Lucie Smith and Fernando