Lucian Freud hanged the painting over his bed for more than half a century. That is because the painting, while important to any discussion of homosexuality in art, is much more than a homosexual of two men coupling. It may be the most sensitive, even tender, depiction of the animal-in-the man to be found in twentieth-century art. #francisbacon #revelations #markstevens #annalynswan (en Lima, Peru) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUc_mBDrCa4/?utm_medium=tumblr











