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Francis Picabia (1879-1953)

Lot 131
18.10.2024 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1307018
Lot 131 | Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
Estimate value
€ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
Myrte
signé 'Francis Picabia' (en bas à droite), inscrit 'MYRTE' (en haut au centre)
huile, gouache et graphite sur panneau
121.8 x 96.5 cm.
Peint vers 1928

signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower right); inscribed 'MYRTE' (upper centre)
oil, gouache and pencil on panel
48 x 38 in.
Painted circa 1928




Provenance

Galerie Théophile Briant, Paris (probablement acquis auprès de l'artiste vers 1928).
Pedro José (Monés y Maury), Premier marquis de Casa Maury, Londres (probablement acquis auprès de celle-ci et au moins jusqu'en 1953).
Galerie Arthur Tooth & Sons, Londres.
Vente, Sotheby & Co., Londres, 5 mai 1965, lot 181.
Vente, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 15 février 1968, lot 81.
Vente, Galerie Motte, Genève, 2 juillet 1971, lot 308.
Galleria La Medusa, Rome.
Collection particulière, Rome (avant 1974).
Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.



Literature

G. Isarlov, Picabia peintre, Paris, 1929, p. 15 et 27, no. 52.
Francis Picabia, Mezzo secolo di avanguardia, cat. exp., Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, 1974-75, p. 125, no. 300 (illustré, p. 124).
M. L. Borràs, Picabia, Barcelone, 1985, p. 523, no. 496 (illustré, p. 353, fig. 671; décrit comme 'huile sur toile').
W. A. Camfield, B. Calté, C. Clements et A. Pierre, Francis Picabia, Catalogue raisonné, 1927-1939, vol. III, Bruxelles, 2019, p. 194, no. 1065 (illustré p. 195).



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Théophile Briant, Francis Picabia, octobre-novembre 1928, no. 52.
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