WEEKS - BACON'S PORTRAITS - 0020

Francis Bacon,Study for a Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne, 1966.

(English)
"If you can talk about it, why paint it?" (Francis Bacon)

Isabel Rawsthorne, Bacon's only female lover, was a British painter, designer and occasional artists' model. She was intimate with many members of the artistic bohemian society in which she flourished, including Jacob Epstein, Alberto Giacometti and Francis Bacon.

(Italian)
"Se puoi parlerne, perche' dipingerlo?" (Francis Bacon)

Isabel Rawsthorne, unica amante donna di Bacon, fu pittrice e occasionalmente modella. Molto vicina a vari artisti, tra cui Jacob Epstein, Alberto Giacometti e Francis Bacon.