Landscape near Malabata, Tangier
Francis Bacon
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Date:1963 -
Style:Expressionism -
Theme:Peter Lacey -
Genre:landscape -
Dimensions:198 x 144 cm
Landscape near Malabata, Tangier
Francis Bacon
On the opening day of Bacon's first major retrospective at the Tate Gallery, amidst telegrams of congratulation, one message informed him of the death of Peter Lacy in Tangier. He had parted company with Lacy some years before, and his death from drink had not been difficult to predict, yet Bacon was nonetheless deeply affected. In 1963 he painted the dark and ambiguous Landscape near Malabata, Tangier in memory of Lacy’s final resting place.
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