LOT DETAILS

Materials:

ripolin on canvas

Measurements:

78.15 in. (198.50 cm.) (height) by 98.03 in. (249.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed Francis Picabia (lower right)

Exhibited:

Paris, Société des Artistes Indépendants, Catalogue de la 34e exposition au Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, 1923, no. 3734 Paris, Galerie René Drouin, 491, 50 ans de plaisirs, March 4-26, 1949; no. 38 Paris, Galerie Drouin, 50 ans de plaisir mars, 1949 Paris, Galerie des Quatres Mouvements, 1975 Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Francis Picabia, 1976, no. 119, illustrated in the catalogue Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle & Zürich, Kunsthaus, Francis Picabia, 1983-84, no. 46, illustrated in the catalogue Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais (Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne), Francis Picabia, January 23-March 29, 1976; no. 119 (repro.) Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, Francis Picabia, 1983, no. 46, illustrated in the catalogue Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Francis Picabia, 1984, no. 44, illustrated in color in the catalogue Valencia, IVAM Centre Julio González, & Barcelona, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Francis Picabia, Máquinas y Españolas, 1995-96, illustrated in color in the catalogue pl. 102 Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Francis Picabia: Galerie Dalmau, 1922, 1996, no. 31, illustrated in color in the catalogue Lisbon, Centro Cultural de Belém, Francis Picabia antologia / anthology, 1997, no. 36, illustrated in color in the catalogue Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais & Barcelona Museu Picasso, Paris, Barcelone, de Gaudí à Miró, 2001-02, illustrated in color in the catalogue pl. 255 Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Francis Picabia, Singulier idéal, 2002-03, illustrated in color in the catalogue pl. 255 Paris, Centre Pompidou, Dada, 2005-06, no. 495, illustrated in color in the catalogue Washington, National Gallery of Art & New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Dada: Zurich, Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, New York, Paris, 2006, no. 379, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Literature:

Olga Mohler, Francis Picabia, Turin, 1975, illustrated p. 26 Yve-Alain Bois, Picabia, Paris, 1975, illustrated in color p. 41 William A. Camfield, “Volucelle 1975,” in Francis Picabia, (exhibition catalogue), Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 1976, discussed pp. 114-17 William A. Camfield, Francis Picabia: His Art, Life, and Times. Princeton, 1979, no. 234, illustrated pp. 194-96 Maria Lluïsa Borràs, Picabia, New York, 1985, no. 441, illustrated in color p. 265 Maria-Lluïsa Borràs, Picabia, Paris, 1985, no. 441, illustrated in color p. 238 Patrick Bailly-Cowell, “Francis Picabia: De monstre en transparence,” in Picabia et La Côte d'Azur (exhibition catalogue), Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, 1991, illustrated p. 29 Carole Boulbès, Picabia: Le saint masqué, Pari, 1998, illustrated in color p. 63 Alain Jouffroy, Picabia, Paris, 2002, illustrated in color George Baker, The Artwork Caught by the Tail: Francis Picabia and Dada in Paris, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, 2002, illustrated pp. 260-64

Provenance:

Jan Van Heeckeren, Paris (acquired from the artist) M. & Mme. Jacques-Henri Lévesque, New York & Paris (acquired in 1926) Galerie Tarica, Paris Acquired from the above by the present owners