The Brutality of Fact: Interviews with Francis Bacon, 3rd Enlarged Edition 1990 – Rare Art Book for Collectors & Students | Perfect for Art History Research & Bacon Enthusiasts

Sylvester, David. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1990. 

English, Third Enlarged Edition, Very Good, SC, 8vo, 9 1/8" x 6 5/8", 208 pp. 

ISBN: 0500274754

Soft cover in yellow pictorial wraps, laid-in newspaper clipping of Bacon's obituary. Some sunning, mainly to spine, minor crease to back panel, light edgewear, and some pencil annotations. 208 pp. Includes 146 black-and-white images. Product of 25 years of revealing interviews with Irish-born British figurative painter, Francis Bacon conducted by distinguished art critic, David Sylvester, that explores Bacon's artistic goals, his practice, his life, and even goes into specifics on his depiction of the human form, and other topics concerning his subject matter. This updated edition includes interviews from 1982 to 1986 that give insight into Bacon's early life, as well as his views on realism in this day and age.