Francis Bacon Portraits and Heads, Richard Calvocoressi, 2005, Art Mono, SC, NF

Calvocoressi, Richard and Martin Hammer. Edinburgh: Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland, British Council, 2005

English, Near Fine softcover, oblong octavo, 8 7/16” x 9 ⅝”, 95 pp.

ISBN: 190327866X 

Near Fine oblong octavo, pictorial glossy stiff paper wraps with detail from Study for Head of George Dyer, 1967, minimal edgewear. Text in English, Introduction by Andrea Rose, Essays by Richard Calvocoressi and Martin Hammer, published for exhibition Francis Bacon: Portraits and Heads at Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, June 4- September 4, 2005, replete with full-color reproductions of paintings of small heads and figures, black-and-white photographs. An excellent monograph on Bacon’s figurative and portrait paintings of friends, lovers, and other artists that reflect “complex physical and psychological states”.