Michel Leiris, French writer, husband of Louise Leiris (Galerie Louise Leiris). On the wall Francis Bacon, "Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne", 1966. Paris 1983.
The French writer Michel Leiris gazes intensely at the viewer in this portrait, taken in Paris in 1983. Dressed in a suit and patterned tie, he stands in an intimate domestic setting, surrounded by artworks. To his right hangs Francis Bacon's unsettling 1966 "Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne." A large mirror behind Leiris reflects the back of his head, while sculptures resembling skulls rest under glass domes on a nearby surface. The focused lighting, illuminating one side of his face, contributes to the photograph's somber atmosphere.
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- Francis Bacon, "Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne", 1966
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