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Michael Peppiatt on Francis Bacon: Complete Bibliography Books !Michael Peppiatt on Francis Bacon: Complete Bibliography! ! !Books! (David Sylvester : Interview with FB) French edition, Francis Bacon : l’art de l’impossible : entretiens aver David Sylvester, translated by Michel Leiris & Michael Peppiatt, preface by Michel !Leiris, Geneva : Editions Albert Skira, 1976, series ‘Les sentiers de la création’, 1976.! Michael Peppiatt : Francis Bacon : anatomy of an enigma. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996 ; xviii, 366p ; paperback edition, London : Phoenix, 1997 ; US edition, New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997 ; US edition, Boulder (CO) : Westview Press, 1998 ; Spanish edition, Francis Bacon : anatomia de un enigma, Barcelona : Gedisa Editorial, 1999 ; German edition, Francis Bacon : Anatomie eines Rätsels, Cologne : Dumont Buchverlag, 2000 ; French edition, Francis Bacon : anatomie d’une énigme, Paris : Flammarion, 2004 ; Japanese edition, Tokyo : Shinchosha, 2005 : revised edition, Francis Bacon : anatomy of an enigma, London : Constable, 2008 ; US revised !edition, New York : Skyhorse Publishing, 2009, Greece : Mikri Arktos, 2011.! !* Michael Peppiatt : Entretiens avec Francis Bacon 1963-89. Paris : L’Echoppe, 1998.! !* Michael Peppiatt : Francis Bacon à l’atelier. Paris : L’Echoppe, 1999.! !* Michael Peppiatt : Le regard de Bacon. Paris : L’Echoppe, 2004.! !* Michael Peppiatt : ‘L’amitié Leiris Bacon : une étrange fascination’. Paris : L’Echoppe, 2006.! Michael Peppiatt : Francis Bacon : studies for a portrait : essays and interviews. New Haven, London : Yale University Press, 2008 ; vii, 272p. Includes texts of three interviews with the artist, previously published in Cambridge Opinion, Jan. 1965, Art International, 1987, as ‘Reality conveyed by a lie’, & Art International, 1989, as ‘Provoking accidents, prompting chance’ ; & essays, ‘Francis Bacon at work’, pp.18-41 previously published in Art International, Sept. - Nov. 1984 ; ‘An obsession with popes’, pp.42-45, previously published as ‘Capturing the silent scream’ in Country Life, 8 Feb. 2007, pp.82-84 ; ‘Francis Bacon in the 1950s’, pp.46-95, revised version of text previously published in catalogue of 2006 Norwich exhibition ; ‘The sacred and the profane’, pp.96-117, earlier version previously published in catalogue of 2003 Valencia exhibition ; ‘Francis Bacon and the School of London’, pp.118-141, earlier version published in catalogue of 1987 Oslo exhibition A School of London : six figurative painters, & in catalogue of 1999 Musée Maillol exhibition ; ‘The legacy of genius : Van Gogh and Francis Bacon’, pp.150-165, previously published in catalogue of 2007 Neue Galerie, New York, exhibition Van Gogh and Expressionism ; ‘Mr. Bacon and Miss Beston’, pp.166-177, previously published in catalogue of Feb. 2006 Christie’s, London, sale of Valerie Beston’s collection ; ‘“All the pulsations of a person” : Francis Bacon’s portraits and self-portraits’, pp.178-187, earlier version previously published in catalogue of 2006 Christie’s, London, sale which included ‘Three studies for a self-portrait’, 1980 ; ‘A strange fascination : the friendship between Michel Leiris and Francis Bacon’, pp.198-237, previously published by L’Echoppe in 2006 ; ‘Bacon’s eyes’, pp.238-253, previously published in catalogue of !2003 Vienna exhibition, &, in revised version, in catalogue of 2006 Düsseldorf exhibition.! * Michael Peppiatt : Francis Bacon - Michel Leiris : eine Freundschaft. Vienna, Basel : Piet ! Meyer Verlag, 2009.! * Michael Peppiatt: Gespräche in Der Nacht. Francis Bacon über seine Arbeit. Vienna, Basel : ! Piet Meyer Verlag, 2011.! ! ! ! !Sections of books! The Francis Bacon interiors : Michael Peppiatt in conversation with Robert Priseman. Seabrook Press, Huddersfield Art Gallery, 2009 ; vii, 39p. Introduction by Robert Hall, ‘Francis Bacon : “Figure study II” : information / misinformation / disinformation : The Mystery of the Magdalen(e)’, !pp.1-5 ; afterword by Ann Marie Boyle, ‘Turning the key’, pp.35-39. ! Imagination’s Chamber : Artists and Their Studios. New York Graphic Society, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1982. ‘The Contemporary Spectrum’ (illustrated) , pp.204-205 ; ‘The !Contemporary Spectrum’ pp.218-219.! !L’Ecole de Londres, L’Echoppe, Paris, 2006. pp.7-8 ; pp.27-29 ; pp.35-36 ; pp.48-49 pp.54-55.! ! !Articles and reviews! Michael Peppiatt : ‘From a conversation with Francis Bacon’ [interviews from Aug. 1963 and Dec. 1963], in Cambridge Opinion, [Jan. 1964], no.37, pp.48-49 ; extract reprinted in catalogue of 1999 New Haven (etc.) exhibition, pp.41-42 ; reprinted in Michael Peppiatt : Francis Bacon : studies for a !portrait : essays and interviews, 2008, pp.14-17.! Michael Peppiatt : ‘Francis Bacon’s new paintings’ [review of New York exhibition], in Art !International, 20 Dec. 1968, vol.12 no.10, pp.35-38.! Michael Peppiatt : ‘The Art of Francis Bacon’ in Mundus Artium (Ohio), Winter 1968, vol.2 no.1, pp. !52-55.! !* Michael Peppiatt : ‘Francis Bacon : the last seven years’, in Art Spectrum (Lugano), Mar. 1975.! !Michael Peppiatt : ‘Francis Bacon’, in Le Monde, 3 Apr. 1975.! Michael Peppiatt : ‘Francis Bacon’s recent paintings’ [review of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New !York, exhibition], in The Financial Times, 26 Apr. 1975.! * Michael Peppiatt : ‘Francis Bacon and the waste land’, in Connaissance des Arts, May 1981 ; !revised version published in Art International, Sept. - Nov. 1984.! Michael Peppiatt : ‘Francis Bacon : the anatomy of enigma’, in Art International, Sept. - Nov. 1984, vol.27 no.4, pp.4-18 (revised & enlarged version of text previously published as ‘Francis Bacon and the waste land’ in Connaissance des Arts, May 1981) ; revised version reprinted as ‘Bacon at work’ !in Michael Peppiatt : Francis Bacon : studies for a portrait : essays and interviews, 2008, pp.18-41.! !* Michael Peppiatt : ‘Francis Bacon’, in Il Giornale dell’Arte (Turin), May 1985.! !* Michael Peppiatt : ‘Francis Bacon’, in Kunst og Kultur (Oslo), 1985, pp.46-59.! * Michael Peppiatt : ‘Francis Bacon : reality conveyed by a lie’ [interview], in Art International, Autumn 1987 ; extract reprinted in catalogue of 1999 New Haven (etc.) exhibition, pp.42-45 ; & in !Michael Peppiatt : Francis Bacon : studies for a portrait : essays and interviews, 2008, pp.142-149.! * Michael Peppiatt : ‘An interview with Francis Bacon : provoking accidents, prompting chance’, in Art International, Autumn 1989 ; reprinted in catalogue of 1999 New Haven (etc.) exhibition, pp. 46-50 ; & in Michael Peppiatt : Francis Bacon : studies for a portrait : essays and interviews, 2008, !pp.188-197.! * Michael Peppiatt : ‘Francis Bacon’, in Tribuna (Madrid), May 1992.! ! Michael Peppiatt : ‘Paris homage to Francis Bacon’ [review of exhibition], in R.A. Magazine, !Summer 1996.! Michael Peppiatt : ‘Francis Bacon revealed’ [extract from his biography of the artist], in The Times, !7 Oct. 1996, p.16.! Michael Peppiatt : ‘Two men made three, and nanny’ [extract from his biography of the artist], in !The Times, 8 Oct. 1996, p.14.! Michael Peppiatt : ‘The howl of an iconoclast’ [extract from his biography of the artist], in The !Times, 9 Oct. 1996, p.17.! Michael Peppiatt : ‘Bacon falls violently in love’ [extract from his biography of the artist], in The !Times, 10 Oct. 1996, p.19.! Michael Peppiatt : ‘Think of ju-ju’ [review of Tate Gallery exhibition], in The Times Literary !Supplement, 19 Mar. 1999.! ‘L’homme au bord de l’abîme’ [review of Paris exhibition, & interview with Michael Peppiatt], in !Pratique des Arts, 14 May 2004! !* Michael Peppiatt : ‘Bacon/Picasso : la vie des images’, in The Burlington Magazine, May 2005.! * Michael Peppiatt : ‘Mr. Bacon and Miss Beston’, in The Collection of the late Miss Valerie !Beston, Christie’s (London) sale catalogue, 8-10 Feb. 2006.! !* Michael Peppiatt : ‘Francis Bacon’s studio’, in The Burlington Magazine, July 2006.! Michael Peppiatt : ‘Capturing the silent scream’ [on the ‘Pope’ series], in Country Life, 8 Feb 2007, pp.82-84 ; reprinted as ‘An obsession with popes’ in Michael Peppiatt : Francis Bacon : studies for !a portrait : essays and interviews, 2008, pp.42-45.! Michael Peppiatt : ‘The legacy of genius : Van Gogh and Francis Bacon’, in catalogue of exhibition Van Gogh and Expressionism, Neue Galerie, New York, 23 Mar. - 2 July 2007, pp.63-74 ; reprinted in Michael Peppiatt : Francis Bacon : studies for a portrait : essays and interviews, 2008, pp. !150-165.! !* Michael Peppiatt : ‘Bacon’s popes’, in Country Life, Feb. 2008.! !* Michael Peppiatt : ‘The paradox of Francis Bacon’, in The Sunday Times, 28 Sept. 2008.! ! !Solo catalogues! Francis Bacon (62 works, illustrated). Museo d’Arte Moderna della Città di Lugano, Villa Malpensata, 7 Mar. - 30 May 1993 ; published by Electa, Milan. Texts by Ronald Alley, ‘Francis Bacon’s place in twentieth-century art’, pp.15-30, Hugh M.Davies, ‘The Screaming Pope : past art and present reality’ (previously published as 4th chapter of doctoral dissertation Francis Bacon : the early and middle years, 1928-1958), pp.33-66, Michael Peppiatt, ‘A vision fulfilled’, pp.69-114, Rudy Chiappini, ‘A splendid and desperate painting’, pp.117-130 ; catalogue-entries by Jill Lloyd & !Michael Peppiatt, pp.135-164 ; 180p.! Francis Bacon : important paintings from the Estate (probably 16 works, illustrated). New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 31 Oct. 1998 - 16 Jan.1999. Texts by John Edwards, ‘Eggs was a diamond’ ; p.7, Tony Shafrazi, ‘Introduction’, pp.10-13 ; Sam Hunter, ‘Francis Bacon’s endgame : Humanism revisited’, pp.14-70 ; David Sylvester, ‘The supreme pontiff’, pp.24-27 (revised version
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