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Exhibition Review
Bacon by the Book. Centre Pompidou, Paris
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 67-69
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Reviewer:
Harrison, Martin (Harrison, Martin)
Subjects
art literature:
Leiris, Michel / Deleuze, Gilles
artists:
Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
places:
Paris
subjects:
British art / Literature / Books / Triptychs / Portraits / Landscapes (visual works)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Bacon by the Book Centre Pompidou, Paris 11th September 2019–20th January | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
18. Portrait of George Dyer in a mirror, by Francis Bacon. 1968. Oil on canvas, 198 by 147 cm. (Private collection; © Estate of Francis Bacon and DACS, London 2019; exh. Centre Pompidou, Paris).
Attributed works:
19. Triptych inspired by T.S. Eliot’s poem ‘Sweeney Agonistes’, by Francis Bacon. 1967. Oil and pastel on canvas, 198 by 147 cm. (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC; © Estate of Francis Bacon and DACS, London 2019; exh. Centre Pompidou, Paris).
Attributed works:
20. Study for portrait (Michel Leiris), by Francis Bacon. 1978. Oil on canvas, 35.5 by 30.5 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Paris; © Estate of Francis Bacon and DACS, London 2019).
Article
The making of Picasso’s ‘Woman in a long dress’
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 920-927
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Subjects
art literature:
Kahnweiler, Daniel-Henry / Spies, Werner / Eluard, Paul / Read, Peter / Leiris, Michel / Cocteau, Jean
artists:
Picasso, Pablo / Brassaï / González, Julio / Rousseau, Henri / Maar, Dora / Duncan, David Douglas
collectors and dealers:
Loeb, Pierre
dates:
1900-1949 / 1930-1939 / 1940-1949
media:
Sculpture / Plaster / Bronzes / Assemblages / Metalwork / Photographs / Art objects
subjects:
Spanish sculpture / World War (1939-1945) / Portraits / Self-portraits / Identification / Modernism / Neo-classicism / Kouroi / Visual sources / Casts (sculpture) / Studios (work spaces)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Woman in a long dress, by Pablo Picasso. Here dated 1941–42. Bronze, 161.3 by 53.7 by 45.7 cm. (Private collection; photograph W.B. Dewey; © DACS London, 2018).
Attributed works:
3. Portrait of the artist’s mother, by Pablo Picasso. 1896. Pastel on paper, 49.8 by 39 cm. (Museu Picasso, Barcelona; Bridgeman Images; © DACS London, 2018).
Attributed works:
4. Portrait of Yadwiga, by Henri Rousseau. 1895. Canvas, 160 by 105 cm. (Musée Picasso, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Picasso and his stove, rue des Grands Augustins, by Brassaï. 1939. (Private collection / Photo © Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Picasso’s Head of a bull with an arm from Easter Island, by Brassaï. 1943. Gelatin silver print, 17.7 by 24 cm. (Musée National Picasso, Paris; © DACS London, 2018).
Attributed works:
7. Head of a bull, by Pablo Picasso. 1942. Bicycle saddle and handlebars, 33.5 by 43.5 by 19 cm. (Musée National Picasso, Paris; © DACS London, 2018).
Attributed works:
8. ‘L’Aubade’ and ‘Woman in a long dress’ in Picasso’s rue des Grands Augustins studio, Paris, by Brassaï. 1946. Photograph. (Musée National Picasso, Paris; © DACS London, 2018).
Attributed works:
9. Front steps of La Californie with Picasso and the welder at work, by David Douglas Duncan. 1957. (From D.D. Duncan: Goodbye Picasso, New York 1975, p.65).
Western art unattributed:
2. Female statue, known as the Woman of Auxerre, c.640–630 BC. Limestone, height 75 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Picasso 1932: Love, Fame, Tragedy. Tate Modern, London
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 507-509
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Reviewer:
Karsten Schubert (Karsten Schubert)
Subjects
art literature:
Schapiro, Meyer / Breton, André / Leiris, Michel
artists:
Picasso, Pablo
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain / Musée Picasso, Paris, France
places:
Great Britain / London / France / Paris
subjects:
Spanish painting / Surrealism / Cubist / Neo-classicism / Eroticism / Christian iconography / Sitters / Walter, Marie-Thérèse
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. The three dancers, by Pablo Picasso. 1925. Canvas, 215.3 by 142.2 cm. (Tate, London; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Attributed works:
24. Sleeping nude with blonde hair. 1932 (21st December). Canvas, 130 by 162 cm. (Nahmad Collection, Monaco; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Attributed works:
25. Nude in a black armchair. 1932 (9th March). Canvas, 162 by 123 cm. (Private collection; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Exhibition Review
Michel Leiris
09/2015 | 1350 | 157
Pages: 646-647
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Reviewer:
Vernon, Jonathan (Vernon, Jonathan ; V., J.)
Subjects
artists:
Leiris, Michel
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France
places:
Metz / France
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
55. The smokers, by André Masson. 1923 (Museu Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; exh. Centre Pompidou-Metz)
Attributed works:
56. Photograph for M. Leiris: 'Alberto Giacometti', in DOCUMENTS no.4, September 1929, showing (clockwise from left) Man and woman (1928-29); Gazing head (1927-28); Man (1927-28); and Woman (1929), by Marc Vaux. 1929 (Centre Pompidou, Paris; exh. Centre Pompidou-Metz)