LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and pencil on panel

Measurements:

58.86 in. (149.50 cm.) (height) by 37.40 in. (95.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed Francis Picabia (lower right) and titled (upper left)

Exhibited:

Zurich, Kunstsalon Wolfsberg,. Produktion Paris 1930: Werke der Malerei und Plastik , 1930, no. 65, illustrated in the catalogue. Paris, Galerie de l'Effort Moderne (Léonce Rosenberg), Francis Picabia: trente ans de peinture , 1930, no. 43 . Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Francis Picabia , 1976, no. 184, illustrated in the catalogue . Paris, Palais des Congrès, Picabia. Dandy et Héraut de l'art du XXe siècle , 1980-81, no. 16, illustrated in the catalogue . Brussels, Musée d'Ixelles, Picabia , 1983, no. 40, illustrated in the catalogue . Nîmes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Francis Picabia , 1986, no. 76, illustrated in colour in the catalogue . Antwerp, Ronny van de Velde & Majorca, Fundació Pilar y Joan Miró, Francis Picabia , 1993, no. 34, illustrated in colour in the catalogue . Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Francis Picabia, Singulier idéal , 2002-03, illustrated in colour in the catalogue . Krems, Kunsthalle, Francis Picabia. Retrospective , 2012, illustrated in the catalogue . Zurich, Kunsthaus & New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round so Our Thoughts Can Change Direction , 2016-17, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature:

William A. Camfield,. Francis Picabia (exhibition catalogue), The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1970, fig. 24, illustrated p. 40. William A. Camfield, Francis Picabia. His Art, Life and Times , Princeton, 1979, fig. 326, illustrated . Maria Lluïsa Borràs, Picabia , London, 1985, no. 527, fig. 683, illustrated p. 354 . Philippe Dagen, L'Art Français, Le XXe siècle , Paris, 1998, illustrated in colour p. 47 . Modern Antiquity: Picasso, de Chirico, Léger, Picabia in the Presence of the Antique (exhibition catalogue), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2011-12, pl. 53, illustrated in colour p. 120 . Beverley Calté (ed.), Album Picabia. Olga Mohler Picabia , Brussels, 2016, illustrated

Provenance:

Léonce Rosenberg, Paris. Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 26th October 1945, lot 110 . Sale: Guy Loudmer, Hôtel George V, Paris, 13th December 1974, lot 76 . Maurice Weinberg, Paris (purchased at the above sale) . Thence by descent to the present owner