List of paintings by Francis Bacon

This is an incomplete list of paintings by the Irish-born British painter Francis Bacon (1909–1992).

1930s

c.1929–30

• Painting (Oil on canvas, 91.5 cm × 61 cm, Private Collection (long term loan to the Tate Gallery))^[1]

1933

• Crucifixion (Oil on canvas, 60.5 cm × 47 cm, Private collection of Damien Hirst (Murderme), London)^[2]

c.1936

• Figures in a Garden (aka Seated Figure, The Fox and the Grapes, and Goering and his Lion Cub) (Oil on canvas, 74 cm × 94 cm, Tate Gallery, London)^[3]

1940s

1944

• Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion (Oil and pastel on Sundeala board, 94 cm × 74 cm (37 in × 29 in), Tate, London) (large triptych)

1945

• Figure in a landscape (Oil on canvas, 144.8 cm × 128.3 cm, Tate, London)^[2]

1945–46

• Figure Study I (Oil on canvas, 123 cm × 105.5 cm, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh)^[4]
• Figure Study II (Oil on canvas, 145 cm x 129 cm, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield)^[2]

1946

• Painting (Oil and pastel on linen, 198 cm × 132 cm (77+7⁄8 in × 52 in), Museum of Modern Art, New York City)^[5]

1947–48

• Head I (Oil and tempera on hardboard, 100.3 cm × 74.9 cm (39.5 x 29.5 in), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City)^[6]

1949

• Head II (Oil on canvas, 80 x 63.6 cm (31.4 x 25 in), Ulster Museum, Belfast)^[7]
• Head III (Oil on canvas, 81 x 66 cm (32 x 26 in), Private collection)^[8]
• Head IV (Man with a Monkey) (Oil on canvas, 82 x 66 cm, (32.4 x 26 in) Private collection)^[9]
• Head V (Oil on canvas) Private collection)^[9]
• Head VI (Oil on canvas, 93.2 cm × 76.5 cm (36.6 x 30.1in), Arts Council Collection, London)^[10]
• Study from the human body (Oil on canvas, 147.2 × 130.6 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne)^[11]

1950s

1951

• Pope I – Study after Pope Innocent X by Velazquez (Oil and sand on canvas, 197.8 x 137.4 cm (78 x 54 in), Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen)^[12]

1952

• Man Eating a Leg of Chicken (Oil on canvas), Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia)^[13]
• Man Kneeling in Grass (Oil on canvas, 198 x 137 cm (78 x 54 in), Private collection, Milan)^[14]
• Study for Crouching Nude (Oil and sand on canvas, 137.1 x 198.1 cm (54 × 78 in), Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan)^[15]
• Study of a Dog (Oil on canvas, 198.1 cm × 137.2 cm, Tate Gallery, London)^[16]
• Study of a Figure in a Landscape (Oil on canvas, 198.12 x 137.16 cm (78 x 54 in), Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.) ^[17]
• Study for a Portrait (aka Businessman I and Man's Head) (Oil on canvas, 66.1 cm × 56.1 cm, Tate Gallery, London)^[18]

1953

• Two Figures (Oil on canvas, 152.5 cm × 116.5 cm (60.0 in × 45.9 in), Private Collection.

• Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X (Oil on canvas, 59+7⁄8 in × 46+3⁄8 in (152 cm × 118 cm), Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines)^[19]
• Study of a Baboon (Oil on canvas, 198.3 x 137.3 cm (6.6 x 54 in), Museum of Modern Art, New York City)^[20]
• Study from the Human Body (Oil on canvas, 147.2 x 130.6 cm (57.8 x 51.4in), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne)^[21]
• Study for a Portrait (Oil on canvas, 152.3 x 117 cm (60 x 46 in), Private collection)^[22]
• Study for Portrait VI (Oil on canvas, 1,510 mm × 1,160 mm (59+5⁄8 in × 45+3⁄4 in), Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota)^[23]
• Study for Portrait VII (Oil on canvas, 152.3 x 117 cm (60 x 46 in), Museum of Modern Art, New York City)^[24]
• Study of the Sphinx (Oil on canvas, 214 x 153 cm (84.2 x 60.2 in), Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut)^[25]

1954

• Man in Blue IV (Oil on canvas, 137 × 197.96 cm (53.94 x 77.95 in), mumok, Vienna)^[26]
• Figure with Meat

1955

• Head in Grey (Oil on canvas, 60.9 x 51 cm (24.1 × 20.1 in), Walker Art Center, Minnesota)^[27]
• Study for Portrait II (after the Life Mask of William Blake) (Oil on canvas, 60.1 cm × 50.8 cm, Tate Gallery, London)^[28]
• Figure Sitting (The Cardinal) (Oil on canvas, 178.5 cm × 143.5 cm (70.2 x 56.4in), Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent)^[29]

1956

• Figures in a Landscape (Oil on canvas, 150 x 107.5 cm (59 x 42.3 in), Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham)^[30]
• Self-Portrait (Oil on canvas, 198.12 × 137.16 cm (78 x 54 in), Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas)^[31]
• Study for Figure No. 4 (Oil on canvas, 152.4 cm × 116.8 cm (60 x 45.9in), Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide)^[32]
• Study for Portrait, Number IV (After the Life Mask of William Blake) (Oil on canvas, 61 cm × 51 cm (24+1⁄8 in × 20 in)), Museum of Modern Art, New York City) (small triptych)^[33]

1956–57

• Study for Portrait No.6 (Oil on canvas, 149 x 116 cm (58.6 x 45.6 in), Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne)^[34]

1957

• Study for a Portrait of Van Gogh IV (Oil on canvas, 152.4 cm × 116.8 cm, Tate Gallery, London)^[35]
• Study for a Portrait of Van Gogh VI (Oil on canvas, 198.1 cm × 142.2 cm (78 x 56 in), Arts Council Collection, London)^[36]
• Study for Chimpanzee (Oil on canvas, 152.4 cm × 117.0 cm (60 in × 46+1⁄16 in), Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice)^[37]

1958

• Pope with Owls (Oil on canvas, 198 cm × 1422 cm (78 x 56in), Museum of Modern Arts, Brussels)^[38]

1960s

1959–60

• Walking Figure (Oil on canvas, 158.12 × 142.24 cm (78 x 56 in), Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas)^[39]

1960

• Nude (Oil on canvas 152,4 x 119,7 cm,^[40] Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Frankfurt)^[41]
• Seated Figure (Oil on canvas, 153 cm × 119 cm (60+1⁄8 in × 47 in), Private collection)^[42]
• Study of a Child (Oil on canvas 152.5 x 118 cm (60 x 46.5 in), Botero Museum, Bogotá)^[43]

1961

• Reclining Woman (Oil on canvas, 198.8 cm × 141.6 cm, Tate Gallery, London)^[44]
• Seated Figure (Oil on canvas, 165.1 cm × 142.2 cm, Tate Gallery, London)^[45]

1962

• Figure in a Room (Oil on canvas, 198.8 × 144.7 cm (78.2 × 56.9 in), Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul)^[46]
• Study for Three Heads (Oil on canvas, 35.9 x 30.8 cm (14 x 12 in), Museum of Modern Art, New York City)^[47]
• Three Studies for a Crucifixion (Oil and sand on canvas, 200 cm × 140 cm (78 in × 57 in), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City) (large triptych)

1963

• Figure with Two Owls, Study for Velazquez (Oil on canvas, 198.12 x 144.78 cm (78 x 57 in), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco) ^[48]
• Portrait of Henrietta Moraes (Oil on canvas, 165.1 x 142.2 cm (65 x 56 in),^[49]Sheldon Solow^[50])
• Study for Portrait on Folding Bed (Oil on canvas, 198.1 cm × 147.3 cm, Tate Gallery, London)^[51]
• Study for Self Portrait (Oil on canvas, 165.2 x 142.6 cm (64.9 x 56.1 in), National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff)^[52]
• Three Studies for the Portrait of Henrietta Moraes (Oil on canvas, each 36 cm × 31 cm (14+1⁄8 in × 12+1⁄8 in)), Museum of Modern Art, New York City) (small triptych)^[53]

1964

• Study for the Portrait of Lucian Freud (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.8 cm (78 x 54 in), Israel Museum, Jerusalem)^[54]
• Three Figures in a Room 1964 (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris) (large triptych)
• Study for Self-Portrait (Oil on canvas, 152.4 x 140 cm, (60 x 55 in), Private collection)^[55]

1965

• Crucifixion (Oil and acrylic on canvas, 197.5 cm x 147 cm (78 x 58 in), Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich) (large triptych)

1966

• Three Studies for a Portrait of Lucian Freud (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) (large triptych)
• Portrait of George Dyer Talking (Oil on canvas, 198.2 x 147.3 cm (78 x 58 in), Private collection)^[56]
• Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne (Oil on canvas, 81.3 cm × 68.6 cm, Tate Gallery, London)^[57]

c.1967

• Untitled (Head) (Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in), Private collection)^[58]

1967

• Study for Head of Lucian Freud (Oil on canvas, 36 cm × 30.5 cm, Private collection, long term loan to Tate Gallery, London)^[59]
• Triptych inspired by T.S Elliot's Poem Sweeney Agonistes (Oil and pastel on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78.25 x 57.25 in), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.) (large triptych)
• Three Studies for George Dyer (1967)
• Portrait of George Dyer and Lucian Freud (1967)

1968

• Two Figures Lying on a Bed with Attendants (Oil and pastel on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran) (large triptych)^[60]

1969

• Three Studies of Lucian Freud (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) (large triptych)^[61]

1970s

1970

• Triptych 1970 (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), National Gallery of Australia, Canberra) (large triptych)^[62]
• Three Studies of the Male Back (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57.5 in), Kunsthaus, Zurich)
• Triptych – Studies of the Human Body (1970) (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 58.5 in), Private collection of Jacques Hachuel, Paris) (large triptych)
• Triptych – Studies from the Human Body (1970) (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection of Jacques Hachuel, Paris) (large triptych)

1971

• Study of Red Pope 1962. 2nd version 1971 198 cm × 148 cm (78 in × 58+1⁄8 in)^[63]
• In Memory of George Dyer (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Beyler Foundation, Riehen, near Basel) (large triptych)

1972

• Triptych–August 1972 (Oil on canvas, 198.1 x 147.3 cm, Tate Gallery, London)^[64]
• Three Studies of Figures on Beds (Oil and tempere on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) (large triptych)

1973

• Three Portraits: Posthumous Portrait of George Dyer, Self-portrait, and Portrait of Lucian Freud (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Beyler Foundation, Riehen, near Basel) (large triptych)
• Triptych, May–June 1973 (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection of Esther Grether, Switzerland) (large triptych)^[65][66]

1974

• Three Studies for Self-Portrait (Oil on canvas, 35.6 x 30.5 cm, (14 x 12 in), Private collection)^[67] (small triptych)
• Triptych March 1974 (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection, Madrid) (large triptych)
• Triptych 1974–1977 (Oil and pastel on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection of Joe Lewis) (large triptych)^[65][68][69]

1975

• Three Studies for Self-Portrait (Oil on canvas, each 35.5 x 30.5 cm, (14 x 12 in), Private collection)^[70] (small triptych)
• Three Figures and Portrait (Oil on canvas, 198.1 cm × 147.3 cm, Tate Gallery, London)^[71]

1976

• Study for Self-Portrait (Oil on canvas, 198.0 x 147.5 cm (77.9 x 58 in), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney)^[72]
• Triptych 1976 (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection of Roman Abramovich) (large triptych)^[65]

1979

• Triptych – Studies of the Human Body (1979) (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) (large triptych)^[73]

1979–80

• Three Studies for a Self-Portrait (Oil on canvas, each 37 cm × 32 cm (14+3⁄4 in × 12+1⁄2 in), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City) (small triptych)^[74]

1980s

1981

• Triptych inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 58 in), Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo) (large triptych)

1981–82

• Triptych November 1981 – January 1982 (left panel) (Oil, pastel and transfer lettering on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm, Private collection, the Estate of Francis Bacon)^[75]

1982

• Three Studies for Portrait (Mick Jagger) (Oil and pastel on canvas, each panel 35.5 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in), Private collection, New York City) (small triptych)^[76]

1983

• Three Studies for a Self Portrait (Oil on canvas, 35 cm × 30 cm (13+3⁄4 in × 12 in), Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu)^[77]
• Triptych 1983 (Oil and pastel on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection of Juan Abelló) (large triptych)^[78]

1984

• Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) (large triptych)^[79]

1986

• Study for a Self-Portrait—Triptych, 1985–86 (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Marlborough International Fine Art) (large triptych)
• Portrait of Gilbert de Botton Speaking (Oil on canvas, Private collection)^[80]

1987

• Triptych 86–87 (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) (large triptych)
• Triptych 1987 (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection of the Estate of Francis Bacon, London) (large triptych)

c.1988

• Blood on Pavement (Oil on canvas, 198 cm × 147.5 cm, Private collection)^[81]

1988

• Portrait of John Edwards (Oil on canvas, 198 cm × 147.5 cm, Private collection of the Estate of Francis Bacon, London)^[81]
• Jet of Water (Oil on canvas, 198 cm × 147.5 cm, Private collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomlinson Hill, New York)^[81]
• Second Version of Triptych 1944 (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Tate, London) (large triptych)

1990s

1991

• Study for a Portrait March 1991 (Oil on canvas, 198 cm × 147.5 cm, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh)^[82]
• Triptych 1991 (Oil on linen, 198.1 x 147.6 cm (78 x 57 in), Museum of Modern Art, New York City) (large triptych)^[83]

See also

• List of large triptychs by Francis Bacon