Figure with Meat
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| Figure with Meat |
| Francis Bacon (painter), 1954 |
| oil on canvas |
| 129.9 × 121.9 cm |
| Art Institute of Chicago |
Figure with Meat (1954) is a painting by Francis Bacon. The figure mimics that of Pope Innocent X as recreated in the portrait by Diego Velázquez, placed between two bisected halves of a cow. The carcass hanging in the background is derived from Rembrandt's Carcass of Beef, 1657 [1].
The painting is in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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In the 1989 film Batman, Figure with Meat is the one painting not mutilated by the Joker's henchmen. The Joker blocks Bob the Goon from striking it with a knife, remarking, "I kinda like this one, Bob. Leave it."
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