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Michel Leiris, French writer, husband of Louise Leiris (Galérie Louise Leiris). On the wall Francis Bacon, "Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne", 1966. Paris 1983 - Photo by Edward Quinn

Michel Leiris, French writer, husband of Louise Leiris (Galérie Louise Leiris). On the wall Francis Bacon, "Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne", 1966. Paris 1983

The French writer Michel Leiris stands in a well-appointed Parisian room, 1983. Dressed in a dark suit, he rests a hand on an ornate marble mantelpiece, his gaze direct and serious. On the paneled wall beside him hangs Francis Bacon’s expressive 1966 work, "Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne."

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