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Centurions: 54: Francis Bacon: Innocent Screams

on BBC Radio 3

The shape and colour of the mouth fascinated Francis Bacon. He combined this with his admiration for Velasquez's portrait of Pope Innocent X to create his series of screaming popes - works he later appeared to regret.

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Hazel Castell

BBC Radio 3

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