Fernando Castro Florez

• Known as "The Italian Drawings of Francis Bacon", these previously unpublished works are collected into one volume for the first time

From a private collection in Italy, these previously unpublished works by Francis Bacon are presented here in thematic sections, each of which is preceded by a short introductory text. Nearly 700 drawings, pastels, and collages were gifted by Bacon over the course of many years to his close friend, Italian journalist Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino. His commentary is included here, along with texts by noted art historians Edward Lucie-Smith and Fernando Castro Flórez, and an authentication report from Ambra Draghetti, graphological consultant to the Court of Bologna. The works were photographed expressly for this publication. Text in English and Italian.

THE FRANCIS BACON COLLECTION: CURATOR FERNANDO CASTRO FLOREZ SPEAKS
'The world of Baconian criticism is divided between experts still debating on the authenticity of Bacon’s drawings and the critics recognizing the value they had as part of his artistic career. The quality and quantity of the artworks of the Francis Bacon Foundation of Drawings which have been donated to Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino suggest they are works transpiring the effort and the artist’s will to lend them a specific and autonomous value. These ‘Italian’ works have been subjected to a long-running court case to prove their authenticity, never denied so far'.

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