Bacon
Artist: Francis Bacon
Title: Study for Portrait, Number IV (After the Life Mask of William Blake)
Date: 1956
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24 1/8 x 20 inches
Museum No.: 1199.1979
Owner: The Museum of Modern Art
Date of Treatment: October 2023
BEFORE TREATMENT, NORMAL LIGHT
BEFORE TREATMENT, RAKING LIGHT
BEFORE TREATMENT, VERSO
FTIR, WHITE EFFLORESCENCE
FTIR, BLACK PAINT
FTIR, PRIMING LAYER ON VERSO
DURING TREATMENT, CLEANING
DURING TREATMENT, PROGRESS
AFTER TREATMENT, NORMAL LIGHT
AFTER TREATMENT, SPECULAR LIGHT