Yves Tanguy's “I Await You (Je vous attends)," 1934. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art/Museum Associates/Estate of Yves Tanguy/Artists Rights Society, New York) Perspective by Kelsey Ables We ...

The line, from the Greek tragedian Aeschylus’ trilogy The Oresteia, haunted painter Francis Bacon over the course of his life. In 1944, the artist synthesized his nightmare into Three Studies for ...

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