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World Service,02 Aug 1991,28 mins

Interview With Francis Bacon

Meridian

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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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