Hand signed and warmly inscribed by Francis Bacon. Extremely rare and a coveted collectors' item when hand signed as is the present book. (Bacon's works sell for tens of millions of dollars, and there are simply not a lot of hand signed catalogues and books out there. Finding one like this is a boon.)

This softcover catalogue with stiff wraps was published on the occasion of the Francis Bacon Recent Paintings 1968-1974 exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from March 20 to June 29, 1975.

Book information:
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975
English; Paperback; 8 pgs with 36 color plates

More about Francis Bacon:
Francis Bacon (1909–92) was a maverick who rejected the preferred artistic style of abstraction of the era, in favour of a distinctive and disturbing realism. Growing up, Bacon had a difficult and ambivalent relationship with his parents – especially his father, who struggled with his son’s emerging homosexuality.

This contributed to a troubled childhood; he ran away from school, and subsequently drifted through the late 1920s and early 30s in London, Berlin and Paris, living off his allowance and occasional jobs, and dodging the rent. When in London, he lived in the epicentre of the bohemian scene; a regular in Soho, he led a hedonistic life.

From the mid-1940s his work met with critical success, establishing his reputation. Today, he is recognised as one of the most important painters of the twentieth century.