Bacon Pompidou Poster - Head VI 1988 Exhibition Art

Specifications
Artist: Francis Bacon (Irish-British, 1909–1992)
Artwork Title: Head VI, 1949
Institution: Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Graphic Design: Ch. Beneyton
Printer: Imp. Moderne du Lion, Paris, France
Year of Print: 1988
Type: Original French Museum Exhibition Poster
Dimensions: 50x57 cm
Condition: Vintage state, intense purple and deep ochre ink saturation with clean graphic borders
 
Description (About the Artwork)
This authentic 1988 vintage museum print is a verified Bacon Pompidou poster, published by the Editions du Centre Pompidou to promote their premier modern art collection. Designed by graphic stylist Ch. Beneyton and executed in Paris by the master lithographic printers Imp. Moderne du Lion, this historic document elegantly replicates Francis Bacon’s foundational 1949 oil painting Head VI. The haunting post-war masterpiece introduces his iconic "screaming pope" motif trapped inside a geometric glass cage, subverting Velázquez’s classical portrait of Pope Innocent X. Featuring official French institutional vertical typography along the right border, this 50x57 cm archival document remains a highly coveted design milestone for discerning galleries and modern interiors.
 
About the Artist
Francis Bacon (1909–1992) was one of the most powerful, idiosyncratic, and globally celebrated painters of the post-war era. Renowned for his raw, unsettling, and deeply psychological depictions of the human condition, Bacon utilized isolated figures, distorted anatomical fields, and intense tonal brushwork to capture existential trauma and emotional alienation. His radical approach to figuration profoundly reshaped the trajectory of 20th-century figurative expressionism. Today, his definitive canvases and institutional graphics reside inside elite permanent archives, including the Tate Modern in London and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.