Francis Bacon: Couplings Kunsthalle Basel Flying Dragon—among the last of

Flying Dragon—among the last of the monumental works Calder made—exemplifies the artist’s capacity to invest a powerful visual dynamism in his work regardless of scale

they were complemented by related portraits that Avedon made in the 1960s and 1970s

reflecting on their experiences with the artist during the 1980s in Los Angeles

The Wall Works are a group of wall-mounted sculptural silhouettes made from painted rubberized hair on Masonite that captures figures in motion

Francis Bacon: Couplings Kunsthalle Basel Flying Dragon—among the last ofThis book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Francis Bacon: Couplings at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London. It highlights a theme that preoccupied Bacon throughout his career: the relationshipboth physical and psychologicalbetween two people. At its heart are two of the most uninhibited images that Bacon ever painted: Two Figures (1953) and Two Figures in the Grass (1954). After completing these interrelated works, Bacon did not return to