Pin Up 1963, for Francis Bacon   1963

Sam Walsh

Oil, household paint on Masonite hardboard, 122 x 122cm

Collection: National Museums Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery

Notes: First exhibited at John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 4 (100), 1963. It is widely acknowledged Walsh’s work was openly influenced by Bacon’s, to whom he was introduced in 1962 by George Melly.