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Francis Bacon's 'Screaming Pope' Embodied Postwar Anguish—Here Are 3 Surprising Facts About the Influential Painting
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Francis Bacon's screaming Pope helps Sotheby's set £236m record | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard
![Great works: Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953, 153cm x 118.1cm by Francis Bacon | The Independent | The Independent Great works: Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953, 153cm x 118.1cm by Francis Bacon | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2013/07/04/17/bacon.jpg?quality=75&width=982&height=726&auto=webp)
Great works: Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953, 153cm x 118.1cm by Francis Bacon | The Independent | The Independent
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Francis Bacon 'screaming pope' painting fetches double its estimate as it sells for $50m in New York | Daily Mail Online
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The Brooklyn Museum Is Selling This Rare Francis Bacon Pope Painting at Sotheby's to Raise Money for Other Acquisitions | Artnet News
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