Francis Picabia (1879-1953) - photo 1

Francis Picabia (1879-1953)

Lot 22
30.03.2022 17:00UTC +01:00
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Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 734346
Lot 22 | Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
Estimate value
€ 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
Francis Picabia (1879-1953)

Rubi

signé 'Francis Picabia' (en bas à gauche) et inscrit 'RUBI' (en haut à droite)

huile sur panneau

150 x 89.8 cm.

Peint en 1929



signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower left) and inscribed 'RUBI' (upper right)

oil on panel

59 1⁄8 x 35 3⁄8 in.

Painted in 1929







Provenance

Monsieur et Madame Léonce Rosenberg, Paris (acquis auprès de l'artiste en 1929); vente, Me Rheims, Paris, 27 mai 1959, lot 101.

Vente, Me Renaud, Paris, 25 mai 1960, lot 171.

Inna et Boris Salomon, Paris (acquis au cours de cette vente).

Puis par descendance.





Literature

'L'intelligence de deux époques', in Vogue, Paris, octobre 1929, p. 112 (illustré in situ).

'Cubisme et tradition chez M. Léonce Rosenberg à Paris', in Art & Industrie, Paris, décembre 1930, N°12, p. 18 (illustré in situ) .

M. Thireau, L'Art moderne et la Graphie, suivi de considérations sur l'art et la technique typographique, Paris, 1930, p. 91 (illustré).

M. L. Borràs, Picabia, Barcelone, 1985, p. 522, no. 511 (illustré, p. 360, no. 711).

'Francis Picabia, Lettres à Léonce Rosenberg, 1929-1940', in Les Cahiers du Musée national d'art moderne, Hors-Série/Archives, Paris, 2000, p. 140 (illustré, p. 23 et illustré in situ, p. 22).

W. A. Camfield, B. Calté, C. Clements et A. Pierre, Francis Picabia, Catalogue raisonné, 1927-1939, Bruxelles, 2019, vol. III, p. 198, no. 1070 (illustré en couleurs).





Exhibited

Paris, Léonce Rosenberg, Exposition Francis Picabia, Trente ans de peinture, décembre 1930, no. 37.

Le Havre, Musée des Beaux-Arts André Malraux, La transparence dans l'art du XXe siècle, septembre-novembre 1995, p. 179 (illustré en couleurs, p. 63).

Londres, Tate Modern et Barcelone, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia, février-octobre 2008, p. 41 (illustré en couleurs, fig. 40).

Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Modern Antiquity, Picasso, de Chirico, Léger, Picabia, novembre 2011-janvier 2012, p. 153, no. 36 (illustré en couleurs, p. 118, pl. 51 et illustré in situ, p. 35).





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Artist:Francis Picabia (1879 - 1953)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
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