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translatesinto seven extraordinarywritten pictures theexplosive final workingsof the artist's mind.  \nMax Porter  \n# The Death of Francis Bacon\n\nFirst published in 2021by Faber &Faber Ltd,Bloomsbury House,74-77 Great Russell Street,London WC1B 3DA  \nTypeset by Faber &Faber LtdPrinted and bound by CPI Group(UK)Ltd,Croydon,CRO 4YY  \nAll rights reserved◎Max Porter,2021  \nThe right of Max Porter to be identified as author of this workhas been asserted in accordance with Section 77 oftheCopyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988  \nTwo John Berger quotations in section l are fromPortraits:John Berger on Ariists,edited by Tom Overton,Verso,London,2015  \nA CIP record for this bookis available from the British Library  \nISBN 978-0-571-36651-4  \n24681097531  \nPreparatory SketchNon-existent,pencil on paper,6x4 in.  \nDid I draw this?  \nFrame or bed,hole could be window,flesh couldbe flat,nobody looking,  \none body prostrate,  \nanother attending.  \nNote to self but never did anything 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