Michel Leiris, French writer, husband of Louise Leiris (Galerie Louise Leiris). On the wall: Francis Bacon, Portrait of Michel Leiris 1976. Oil on canvas. Today Centre Georges Pompidou. (Donation Louise and Michel Leiris) Paris 1983.
French writer Michel Leiris is photographed in his Paris study in 1983. Formally dressed in a suit and tie, he looks directly at the camera with one hand in his pocket. To his left hangs Francis Bacon’s 1976 oil portrait of Leiris, which was later donated by the writer and his wife, Louise, to the Centre Georges Pompidou. Behind him, a tall, built-in bookcase is filled with books and personal artifacts, reflecting a formal and intellectual atmosphere.
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- Francis Bacon, "Portrait of Michel Leiris", 1976
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