Figure with Meat

Francis Bacon1954Oil on canvas

ArtistFrancis Bacon

Year1954

MediumOil on canvas

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

About Figure with Meat

A pope flanked by two halves of a cow carcass. Inspired by Rembrandts Slaughtered Ox. The meat echoes the popes purple robes. Bacon was obsessed with the visceral and the decay of flesh.

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