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The Francis Bacon Collection <\/em><\/strong>is the result of an extraordinarily lengthy discovery and authentication process of previously unpublished works by Francis Bacon. This stunning volume includes the nearly 700 drawings, pastels, and collages in possession of Italian journalist Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino. All the works have been photographed in ultra-high gigapixel, captured exclusively for the book. Commentaries and essays especially written for this edition are by noted art historians Edward Lucie-Smith and Fernando Casto Florez, together with an authentication report by Ambra Draghetti, the graphological consultant to the Court of Bologna for the authentication process. This elegantly produced edition presents new scholarship by Professor Umberto Guarini, who defended the legal authentication of the works at the Court of Bologna; Dino Cura, the President of The Francis Bacon Collection; and by Professor Maurizio Saracini, who pioneered the use of multi-spectrum diagnostic imaging and applied his technique to the drawings providing fascinating new details for the first time.<\/p>\n

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An essential compendium for connoisseurs of drawing, students of Bacon, and all those attuned to the mesmerising correspondences that flicker between epochs, this book offers a meditation on paper on influence, inheritance, artistic self-inquiry, and the continuity of human form and emotion across time. Text in English and Italian.
EDITOR’S NOTE
\nEdward Lucie-Smith
\nFRANCIS BACON, DRAWINGS
\nDino Cura
\nINTRODUCTION
\nFernando Castro Flórez
\nFRANCIS BACON, FULL-BODY DRAWING
\nDRIVES
\nESSERE AND TEMPO
\nTHE POPE
\nCRUCIFIXIONS
\nDEVOTION
\nPORTRAITS
\nLOVE
\nAmbra Draghetti
\nSIGNUM BACONIENSIA
\nUmberto Guerini
\nDRAWINGS AS REBELLION AND LOVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5568],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-76327","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-art","6":"author-by-author-ambra-draghetti","7":"author-by-author-dino-cura","8":"author-by-author-edward-lucie-smith","9":"author-by-author-fernando-castro-flores","10":"author-by-author-maurizio-seracini","11":"author-by-author-umberto-guerini","12":"publisher-scripta-maneant-editori","14":"first","15":"instock","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Francis Bacon Collection - ACC Art Books UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Title: The Francis Bacon Collection, Pages: 456 Pages, Publish Date: 14th Sep 2026, Author: Ambra Draghetti, Dino Cura, Edward Lucie-Smith, Fernando Castro Flores, Maurizio Seracini, Umberto Guerini, ISBN: 9791280717627. 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