Why I Do This: Art as an Existential Solution

Study for Portrait VI

Francis Bacon — Mon, 01 Jun 1953 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Study for Portrait VI
Artist	Francis Bacon
Date	1953
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G375

Head in Grey

Francis Bacon — Wed, 01 Jun 1955 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Head in Grey
Artist	Francis Bacon
Date	1955
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	On view at the Walker Art Center, Gallery 5

Portrait of a man

Drawing for E.O.W. Looking into the Fire I

Frank Auerbach — Fri, 01 Jun 1962 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Drawing for E.O.W. Looking into the Fire I
Artist	Frank Auerbach
Date	after 1962
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

line drawing in black ink of a nude woman from the chest up (interpratation of the painting E.O.W. Looking into the Fire I completed after the painting)

Buste de Diego (Bust of Diego)

Alberto Giacometti — Tue, 01 Jun 1954 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Buste de Diego (Bust of Diego)
Artist	Alberto Giacometti
Date	circa 1954
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

Woman

Willem de Kooning — Sun, 01 Jun 1952 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Woman
Artist	Willem de Kooning
Date	circa 1952
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

Abstract female figure

Why I Do This: Art as an Existential Solution

Study for Portrait VI

Study for Portrait VI

Francis Bacon

1953

Head in Grey

Head in Grey

Francis Bacon

1955

Drawing for E.O.W. Looking into the Fire I

Drawing for E.O.W. Looking into the Fire I

Frank Auerbach

after 1962

Buste de Diego (Bust of Diego)

Buste de Diego (Bust of Diego)

Alberto Giacometti

circa 1954

Woman

Woman

Willem de Kooning

circa 1952