ID 908444
Lot 460 | FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
Portrait de Pablo Picasso
signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower left)
watercolour and brush and ink on paper
13 5/8 x 10 1/4 in (34.5 x 26 cm.)
Executed circa 1920-1925
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 4 December 1990, lot 181A.
Private collection, Württemberg; sale, Nagel Auktionen, Stuttgart, 26 April 2007, lot 820.
Anonymous sale, Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 4 June 2008, lot 113.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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.
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Post lot text
The Comité Picabia has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Francis Picabia (1879 - 1953) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Francis Picabia (1879 - 1953) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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