1988
Oil on canvas; 77 15/16 x 58 1/16 in. (198 x 147.5 cm)
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill
Indicatephn a red arrow, liquid bursts across an unpopulated industrial landscape, obscuring the indeterminate object contained in the transparent box - the familiar, perspectival "visual machine" Bacon invented at the beginning of his career. He produced this "Jet of Water" - originally meant to depict a wave - by flying white paint across the surface of the painting, perhaps a reference to American abstract expressionism.
