In ‘Study for Head of Isabel Rawsthorne and George Dyer’, Francis Bacon captures Rawsthorne’s mobility of expression — humor, indignation, and seduction in rapid succession. Dyer appears almost sculptural, an air of mischief inflecting the rough charisma that first captivated Bacon. The work channels the charged dynamic between the artist and his subjects, holding equal weight in what it reveals and what it withholds. It stands as a concentrated, unflinching study of the human condition. Modern