Study for Crouching Nude

Study for Crouching Nude

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title= Study for Crouching Nude
artist= Francis Bacon
year= 1952
type= Oil on canvas
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"Study for Crouching Nude" is a 1952 painting by the Irish born artist Francis Bacon .

Background

Painted in the Spring of 1952, "Study for Crouching Nude", the perched figure of which may derive in form from Muybridge ("Man Performing a Standing Jump"), was first shown at "Recent Trends in Realist Painting" (organized by Robert Melville and David Sylvester) at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, from July to August 1952, in place of "Study for Portrait" (1949).

External links

* [http://www.francis-bacon.cx/nudes/crouch.html Francis Bacon Image Gallery]


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