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FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953)

Lot 59
09.11.2023 18:30UTC -05:00
Classic
Starting price
$ 700 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1064362
Lot 59 | FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953)
Estimate value
$ 700 000 – 1 000 000
FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953)

Suzy

signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower left) and titled 'SUZY' (lower right)

oil on canvas

36 3⁄8 x 28 ¾ in. (92.3 x 73 cm.)

Painted circa 1933-1936





Provenance

Suzy Solidor, Paris and Cagnes-sur-Mer (acquired from the artist).

Arturo Schwarz, Milan (by 1971, until 1983).

Mary Boone Gallery, New York and Michael Werner Gallery, Cologne and New York (by 1983).

Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin and New York and Laura Carpenter, Dallas and New York (acquired from the above, 1984).

Julian Schnabel, New York (acquired from the above, by 1995).

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 16 September 2009.



Literature

W.A. Camfield, Francis Picabia, Paris, 1972, pp. 41 and 80, no. 30 (illustrated in color).

W.A. Camfield, Francis Picabia: His Art, Life and Times, Princeton, 1979, pp. 245-246, no. 357 (illustrated).

B. Blistène, "Francis Picabia: In Praise of the Contemptible" in Flash Art, no. 113, summer 1983, pp. 26 and 30 (illustrated, p. 26; dated 1933).

M.-L. Borras, Picabia, New York, 1985, pp. 379, 398 and 526, no. 613 (illustrated, p. 398, fig. 800).

Z. Felix, ed., Francis Picabia: Das Spätwerk 1933-1953, exh. cat., Deichtorhallen Hamburg, 1997, p. 35 (illustrated in color).

D. Rimanelli, "The Nude Stripped Bare" in Tate Etc., no. 5, fall 2005, p. 37 (illustrated in color, p. 36; dated 1933).

B. Marcadé, "More Powerful, More Simple, More Human" in Francis Picabia: Our Heads are Round so Our Thoughts Can Change Direction, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2016, pp. 207-208 (illustrated in color, fig. 2).

B. Calté, W.A. Camfield, C. Clements and A. Pierre, Francis Picabia: Catalogue raisonné, 1927-1939, Brussels, 2019, vol. III, pp. 294-295, no. 1267 (illustrated in color, p. 294).



Exhibited

Milan, Galleria Schwarz, Francis Picabia, June-September 1972, pp. 41 and 80, no. 30 (illustrated in color, p. 41; dated 1933).

Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Francis Picabia: Mezzo secolo di avanguardia, November 1974-February 1975, no. 70 (illustrated; dated circa 1935).

Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Francis Picabia, January-March 1976, pp. 160 and 190, no. 200 (illustrated, p. 160).

Parma, Galleria d'Arte Niccoli, Francis Picabia, October 1981 (illustrated in color; dated 1933).

New York, Mary Boone and Michael Werner Gallery, Francis Picabia, September-October 1983 (illustrated in color; dated 1933).

Düsseldorf, Städtischen Kunsthalle and Kunsthaus Zürich, Francis Picabia, October 1983-March 1984, p. 179, no. 101 (illustrated in color; dated 1933).

Madrid, Salas Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Francis Picabia: Exposición antológica, January-March 1985, pp. 178 and 369, no. 112 (illustrated in color, p. 178; dated 1933).

Valencia, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzáles and Barcelona, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Francis Picabia: Máquinas y Españolas, October-March 1996, p. 129 (illustrated in color; dated 1933).

Musée de Grenoble, Francis Picabia: Les nus et la méthode, October 1998-January 1999, pp. 27 and 99, no. 1 (illustrated in color, p. 26; dated 1933).

New York, Sperone Westwater, A Triple Alliance: Giorgio de Chirico, Francis Picabia, Andy Warhol, January-February 2004, pp. 7-8 and 66-67 (illustrated in color, p. 67; titled Portrait of Suzy Solidor and dated 1933; with incorrect support).
Artist:Francis Picabia (1879 - 1953)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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