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FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953)

Lot 19
07.12.2023 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 250 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1076508
Lot 19 | FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953)
Estimate value
£ 250 000 – 350 000
FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953)

Sans titre (Garçon à la cruche)

signed and dated 'Francis Picabia 1935' (lower centre)

oil on canvas

28 ¾ x 36 ¼ in. (73.2 x 92 cm.)

Painted in 1935





Provenance

The artist, until at least 1936.

Robert Miller Gallery, New York, by 1984.

Private collection, United Kingdom, by 1999.

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 5 February 2008, lot 385.

Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, London, 5 February 2009, lot 453.

Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.



Literature

M.L. Borràs, Picabia, New York, 1985, no. 639, pp. 381 & 527 (illustrated fig. 820, p. 402; titled 'Composition').

W.A. Camfield, B. Calté, C. Clements & A. Pierre, Francis Picabia, Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, 1927-1939, New Haven & London, 2019, no. 1317, p. 316 (illustrated p. 317; detail illustrated p. 316).

M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, no. 39, p. 332 (illustrated; titled 'Composition' and with incorrect dimensions).

State, Hot and Cool Art, no. 15, London, September - October 2014, n.p. (illustrated in situ).

'Le MACM rayonne à l'international', in Mougins, June 2017, n.p. (illustrated in situ).

M. Squire, 'A Passionate Collector', in Minerva: The International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, vol. 29, no. 2, London, March - April 2018, p. 19 (illustrated fig. 10; titled 'Composition' and with incorrect dimensions).

Ancient Warfare, vol. XIII, no. 6, Rotterdam, June - July 2020, n.p. (illustrated in situ).

Ancient History, no. 28, Rotterdam, June - July 2020, n.p. (illustrated in situ).



Exhibited

Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Paintings by Francis Picabia, January 1936, no. 8, n.p. (titled 'Composition').

London, King's College London, The Classical Now, March - April 2018, no. 185, p. 191 (illustrated p. 185; with inverted dimensions).

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA55MA).



Further details

The Comité Picabia has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Artist:Francis Picabia (1879 - 1953)
Applied technique:Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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