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Interview With Francis Bacon

Artist Francis Bacon talks to Meridian in his 82nd year.

"I've painted because it excited me to try. I wanted to do something that would excite me...One hardly ever arrives at that, but that's what I really wanted to do."

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29 minutes

主播大秀 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project