Francis Bacon: approximately 60 page file including typed drafts and correspondence regarding essay for 1974 catalogue, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Title: Francis Bacon: approximately 60 page file including typed drafts and correspondence regarding essay for 1974 catalogue, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Creator: From the Collection: Geldzahler, Henry, 1935-1994
Published / Created: circa 1974
Description: 1) 8 page xerox of typed "Statements by FB taken from Peter Beard interview, with 2 deletions in FB's hand: "Please take out"; 2) 13 page typescript of FB catalogue essay and intro; 3) 8 page draft as in "a" with some edits and cut and pasted; 4) 13 page xeroxed typescript and in "b" with heavy rewrite and edits in Geldzahler's hand; 5) 11 page original typescript with heavy rewrite and edits in Geldzahler's hand; 6) 12 page original typescript as in "e" this version mostly cut and pasted onto legal paper; 7) 16 pages of xeroxes of further drafts on FB.
Provenance: Gift of Jonathan Geldzahler and Annette Banton, 1999; Jonathan Geldzahler, 2007; Peter Rosen, 2008; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009., Gift of Jonathan Geldzahler and Annette Banton, 1999.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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YCAL MSS 684

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Citation: Henry Geldzahler Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.