FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953)
20.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1336329
Lot 105 | FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953)
Estimate value
200000USD $ 200 000 – 300 000
Egouttoir
signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower center) and titled 'ÉGOUTTOIR' (upper left)
gouache, watercolor and brush and India ink over pencil on paper
28 5/8 x 23 ½ in. (72.6 x 59.9 cm.)
Executed in 1922
Provenance
(possibly) Gabrielle Buffet-Picabia (wife of the artist).
Mme Georges Marci Monet de Saqqârah, Gstaad (by 1973); sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 3 November 1978, lot 374.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
J.-H. Martin, "Francis Picabia" in La revue du Louvre et des Musées de France, January 1976, no. XXVI, p. 54, no. 4 (illustrated; dated 1921-1922).
M.L. Borràs, Picabia, Paris, 1985, pp. 237, 266 and 514, no. 298 (illustrated, p. 266, fig. 446; dated 1921-1922 and with incomplete medium).
W.A. Camfield, B. Calté, C. Clements, A. Pierre and A. Verdier, Francis Picabia: Catalogue raisonné, 1915-1927, Brussels, 2016, vol. II, p. 327, no. 733 (illustrated in color, p. 326).
Exhibited
Barcelona, Galeries Dalmau, Francis Picabia, October-December 1922, no. 11.
Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Musée Rath cabinet des estampes, Art du 20e siècle: Collections genevoises, June-September 1973, p. 103, no. 81 (illustrated; dated 1917 and with incomplete medium).
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Francis Picabia, January-March 1976, pp. 108-109 and 187, no. 103 (illustrated, p. 109; dated 1921-1922 and with incomplete medium).
Artist: | Francis Picabia (1879 - 1953) |
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Applied technique: | Gouache |
Art style: | Abstract art |
Genre: | Allegory |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
Artist: | Francis Picabia (1879 - 1953) |
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Applied technique: | Gouache |
Art style: | Abstract art |
Genre: | Allegory |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
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