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, photographed in Paris in 1983. He stands with his hands behind his back, wearing a dark suit and a patterned tie, and looks directly at the camera with a calm expression. To his left hangs Francis Bacon's 1966 painting, "Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne". Leiris is positioned next to an ornate fireplace mantel, on which two glass bell jars are visible, with a large, decoratively framed mirror in the background.
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- Francis Bacon, "Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne", 1966
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