David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :
'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)
(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.
Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, New York, yesterday...
LOT 6 C
Study of Henrietta Moraes Laughing
Estimate
USD 14,000,000 - USD 18,000,000
Price realised
USD 21,687,500
Francis Bacon (1909-1992)
Study of Henrietta Moraes Laughing
signed, titled and dated :
'Study of Henrietta Moraes Laughing
Francis Bacon 1969' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
14 x 12 in. (35.6 x 30.5 cm.)
Painted in 1969.
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Laughing Christ (1970)
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
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