In this artwork, how is the Description discussed?
The painting measures 81 by 66 centimetres (32 in × 26 in).  Perhaps a portrait of Bacon's lover Eric Hall, the grisaille work depicts a bald man's head with pock-marked discolored off-white face, partially concealed by diaphanous curtains.The face has an enigmatic expression, with his cold eyes - emphasised by bright marks of zinc white - looking out through broken pince-nez spectacles.  This is the first occasion when the motif of broken glasses appears in Bacon's work, inspired by the image of an injured nurse in the 1925 film Battleship Potemkin.  The open-mouthed scream of the nurse in the film would also become a theme of Bacon's work, including Head VI, and Fragment of a Crucifixion.
Battleship Potemkin Fragment of a Crucifixion pince-nez Head V zinc white Head VI grisaille