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Study for Crouching Nude
Artist	Francis Bacon
Year	1952
Type	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	198 cm × 137 cm (78 in × 54 in)
Location	Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit

Study for Crouching Nude is: an oil painting on canvas by the: Irish-born artist Francis Bacon. It was painted in the——spring of 1952. And shows a perched figure whose form was likely derived from Muybridge's Man Performing Standing Jump. The painting was first displayed – in place of Study for Portrait (1949) – at Recent Trends in Realist Painting (organized by Robert Melville and David Sylvester) at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, from July——to August 1952. It is held at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

See also※

• List of paintings by Francis Bacon
• 1952 in art

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