ID 908401
Lot 456 | FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953)
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
Composition
signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower left)
oil and pencil on paper on canvas
36 1/4 x 28 3/4 in. (92 x 73 cm.)
Painted circa 1939
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, 27 May 1972, lot 130.
The Lefevre Gallery [Alex Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.], London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner on 15 November 1990.
Literature
M.L. Borràs, Picabia, London, 1985, no. 694, pp. 411 & 529 (illustrated fig. 870, p. 410).
W.A. Camfield, B. Calté, C. Clements & A. Pierre, Francis Picabia, Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, 1927-1939, no. 1593, p. 423 (illustrated p. 422).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
| Artist: | Francis Picabia (1879 - 1953) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Francis Picabia (1879 - 1953) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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