{"product_id":"francis-bacon-mark-stevens-9780307271624","title":"Francis Bacon: Revelations","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eTIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BEST ART BOOK OF THE YEAR - FINALIST FOR THE PLUTARCH AWARD AND THE\u003ci\u003e APOLLO \u003c\/i\u003eAWARD - \u003cb\u003e\"There are not many biographical masterpieces, but...Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan have produced one,\" wrote the novelist John Banville of \u003ci\u003eFrancis Bacon: Revelations. \u003c\/i\u003eBy the Pulitzer prize-winning authors of \u003ci\u003ede Kooning: An American Master, \u003c\/i\u003ethis acclaimed biography contains a wealth of never before known details about one of the iconic artists of the 20th century--a singularly private, darkly funny, eruptive man and his extraordinary art, whose iconoclastic charm \"keeps the pages turning\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrancis Bacon created an indelible image of mankind in modern times, and played an outsized role in both twentieth century art and life--from his public emergence with his legendary \u003ci\u003eTriptych 1944\u003c\/i\u003e (its images \"so unrelievedly awful\" that people fled the gallery), to his death in Madrid in 1992. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBacon was a witty free spirit and unabashed homosexual at a time when many others remained closeted, and his exploits were as unforgettable as his images. He moved among the worlds of London's Soho and East End, the literary salons of London and Paris, and the homosexual life of Tangier. Through hundreds of interviews, and extensive new research, the authors probe Bacon's childhood in Ireland (he earned his father's lasting disdain because his asthma prevented him from hunting); his increasingly open homosexuality; his early design career\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003enever before explored in detail; the formation of his vision; his early failure as an artist; his uneasy relationship with American abstract art; and his improbable late emergence onto the international stage as one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In all, \u003ci\u003eFrancis Bacon: Revelations \u003c\/i\u003egives us a more complete and nuanced--and more international--portrait than ever before of this singularly private, darkly funny, eruptive man and his equally eruptive, extraordinary art. Bacon was not just an influential artist, he helped remake the twentieth-century figure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Stevens, Annalyn Swan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307271625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307271624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 7.50w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2020 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/19\/2021","brand":"Mark Stevens","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051629572351,"sku":"9780307271624","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f99472f-203a-4284-97ee-0b563b777c0c.jpg?v=1685014227","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/francis-bacon-mark-stevens-9780307271624","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}