Self-Portrait
Date
(1958)
Artist
Francis Bacon, British, b. Dublin, Ireland, 1909–1992
Provenance
Hanover Gallery, London, to 4 December 1958 (through "The 1958 Pittsburgh Bicentennial International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture," Carnegie Institute)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 4 December 1958-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History
CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, Pittsburgh. "The 1958 Pittsburgh Bicentennial International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture," 5 December 1958-8 February 1959, no. 28, plate 108.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, New York (organizer). "Private Worlds," no cat. TOUR: SCHENECTADY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION, New York, 1-22 March 1960; WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Middletown, Connecticut, 6-26 April; J.B. SPEED ART MUSEUM, Louisville, 5-28 June; UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI FINE ARTS CENTER, Columbia, 30 October-21 November.
TATE GALLERY, London. "Francis Bacon Retrospective," 24 May-1 July 1962, no. 65, ill. TOUR: KUNSTHALLE MANNHEIM, Germany, 18 July-26 August, no. 52; MUSEO CIVICO DI TORINO, 11 September-14 October, no. 55, ill., p. 139; KUNSTHAUS, Zurich, 27 October-25 November, no. 50, ill., plate 9; STEDELIJK MUSEUM, Amsterdam, 11 January-18 February 1963, no. 45, ill.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Francis Bacon," 18 October 1963-12 January 1964, no. 42, ill. p. 56. TOUR: ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, 24 January-23 February.
MARLBOROUGH-GERSON GALLERY, New York. "Francis Bacon: Recent Paintings," 11 November-7 December 1968, ill. p. 62.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Francis Bacon," 12 October 1989-7 January 1990, no. 20, color ill. TOUR: LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 11 February-29 April; MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York, 24 May-28 August.
MALMO KUNSTHALLE, Sweden. "Marlene Dumas, Francis Bacon," 18 March-14 May 1995, p. 154, color ill. p. 155. TOUR: CASTELLO DI RIVOLI, MUSEO D'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Turin, 5 June-1 October.
BRITISH COUNCIL, London. "La Mirada Fuerte; Pintura Figurativa de Londres," no. 17, color ill. TOUR: MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO, Mexico City, 4 April-11 June 2000; MUSEO DE MONTERREY, Mexico, 22 June-10 September.
KUNSTSAMMLUNG NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN, Düsseldorf. "Francis Bacon: The Violence of the Real," 16 September 2006-7 January 2007.
MUSEU SERRALVES MUSEU DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Porto, Portugal. "Francis Bacon: Caged--Uncaged," 15 January-15 April 2003.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Strange Bodies," 11 December 2008-15 November 2009, no cat.
Published References
UNSIGNED. "Pittsburgh's Prix Carnegie: North America's Only International Art Exhibition," The Studio 157 (February 1959): p. 53, ill.
BIER, SENTA. "Touring Exhibit 'Private Worlds' Is on View at Speed," Courier-Journal (5 June 1960).
UNSIGNED. "'Private Worlds' Exhibit Opens Today in Fine Arts Center," The Missourian (30 October 1960).
UNSIGNED. "Man, the Accident," Newsweek (21 October 1963): p. 110, ill.
UNSIGNED. "Art Museums: Our Selections for the Month--Guggenheim Museum," Art Voices 2 (November 1963): p. 8, ill.
ROTHENSTEIN, JOHN and RONALD ALLEY. Francis Bacon (London: Thames and Hudson, 1964): no. 142, ill.
SCHMIED, WIELAND. Francis Bacon: Vier Studien zu einem Portrat (Berlin: Frolich & Kaufmann, 1985): p. 88.
WELZENBACH, MICHAEL. "Everyman's Scream," Museum & Arts Washington (September-October 1989): pp. 66-67, ill.
GASPARI, ELIO. "Monstros geniais," Veja (11 October 1989): pp. 156-159, ill.
GOODMAN, JONATHAN. "Francis Bacon," Arts Magazine 64/5 (January 1990): p. 85, ill.
UNSIGNED. "Francis Bacon," Harper's Bazaar en Espanol 12/9 (September 1991), ill.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School
School of London
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.185
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
59 7/8 × 47 in. (152.1 × 119.3 cm)
