Fragment of a Crucifixion
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Fragment of a Crucifixion is an unfinished 1950 painting by the Irish-born figurative painter Francis Bacon. It shows two animals engaged in an existential struggle; the upper figure, which may be a d
Fragment of a Crucifixion
Still from Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 silent film Battleship Potemkin. Bacon called the image a catalyst for his work and incorporated the shape of the mouth when painting the chimaera.
Matthias Grünewald, Isenheim Altarpiece (centre panel), c. 1512–16. Unterlinden Museum, Colmar, Alsace
Peter Paul Rubens, Descent from the Cross (centre panel), 1612–1614
Three Studies for a Crucifixion is a 1962 triptych oil painting by Francis Bacon. It was completed in March 1962 and comprises three separate canvases, each measuring 198.1 by 144.8 centimetres. The w
Fragment of a Crucifixion
…He abandoned the theme of the crucifixion for the following 12 years, not returning to it until the more loosely based, but equally bleak, triptych Three Studies for a Crucifixion. The painting is housed in the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The upper creature may be a dog or a cat. Blood pours out of its…
Francis Bacon, Three Studies for a Crucifixion, 1962, Guggenheim Museum in New York