Sphinx III
Date
(1954)
Artist
Francis Bacon, British, b. Dublin, Ireland, 1909–1992
Provenance
Hanover Gallery, London, to 25 March 1957
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 25 March 1957-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
HANOVER GALLERY, London. "Francis Bacon," 8 June-16 July 1954, no cat.
GALERIE RIVE DROITE, Paris. "Francis Bacon," 12 February-10 March 1957, no. 7.
HANOVER GALLERY, London. "Francis Bacon," 21 March-26 April 1957 (not in catalogue but included in show--see label on verso).
TATE GALLERY, London. "Francis Bacon Retrospective," 24 May-1 July 1962, no. 37, ill. TOUR: KUNSTHALLE MANNHEIM, Germany, 18 July-26 August, no. 28; MUSEO CIVICO DI TORINO, 11 September-14 October, no. 31, ill.; KUNSTHAUS, Zurich, 27 October-25 November, no. 26, ill; STEDELIJK MUSEUM, Amsterdam, 11 January-18 February 1963, no. 24.
MUSEO D'ARTE MODERNA, Lugano, Switzerland. "Francis Bacon," 7 March-30 May 1993, no. 20, ill. p. 143, color ill. p. 48.
TRUST FOR MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS, Washington, DC (organizer). "Francis Bacon: A Retrospective Exhibition," no. 24, p. 98, ill. p. 99. TOUR: YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART, New Haven, 25 January-21 March 1999; MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS, 8 April-27 May; FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO, 13 June-2 August; MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH, 20 August-15 October.
SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR VISUAL ARTS, Norwich, England. "Francis Bacon: Paintings from the 1950's," 26 September-10 December 2006. TOUR: MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM, 29 January-15 April 2007; ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, Buffalo, 5 May-30 July 2007.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Tokyo. “Francis Bacon,” 8 March-26 May 2013, no. 14, p. 48, color ill. p. 49; p. 185. TOUR: TOYOTA MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF ART, 8 June-1 September 2013.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Dark Matters," 24 January 2012-6 January 2013, unpublished checklist.
Published References
UNSIGNED. "Apparitions of Evil: Mr. Francis Bacon's New Paintings," The Times, London, (14 June 1954): p. 5.
HARRISON, JANE. "Dissent on Francis Bacon," Arts Magazine 38/3 (December 1963): p. 22.
ALLEY, RONALD. Francis Bacon, Catalogue Raisone (London: Thames & Hudson, 1964): no. 88.
MARLBOROUGH-GERSON GALLERY, INC. Francis Bacon: Recent Paintings (1968): p. 62.
TRUCCHI, LORENZA. Francis Bacon (Milan: Fratelli Fabbri Editori, 1975): 37-38.
SOLLERS, PHILIPPE. Les Passions de Francis Bacon (Paris: Monographies Gallimard, 1996): pp. 76-77, 177.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 125, p. 142.
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School
School of London
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.182
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
78 1/4 × 54 in. (198.7 × 137.1 cm)
