Francis Picabia (1879-1953) - photo 1
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Francis Picabia (1879-1953)

Lot 159
05.04.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
Classic
Starting price
€ 8 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 930355
Lot 159 | Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
Estimate value
€ 8 000 – 12 000
Francis Picabia (1879-1953)

Je tirai le rideau qui cachait les "spectres"

signé 'Francis Picabia' (en bas à droite) et inscrit 'Je tirai le rideau qui cachait les "spectres". pag 63' (le long du bord inférieur)

aquarelle et fusain sur papier

22.2 x 26.7 cm.

Exécuté en 1931



signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower right) and inscribed 'Je tirai le rideau qui cachait les "spectres". pag 63' (along the lower edge)

watercolour and charcoal on paper

8 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.

Executed in 1931





Provenance

Antoine Roche, Paris (acquis auprès de l'artiste en 1931).

Collection A. Bezençon-Corbaz (en 1945).

Sims Reed, Londres.

Geneviève et Jean-Paul Kahn, Paris (acquis auprès de celui-ci en 1996); leur vente, Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 7 novembre 2019, lot 151.

Galerie Dominique Bert, Paris.

Acquis auprès de celle-ci pas le propriétaire actuel.



Special notice


Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite").
If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also 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.



Post lot text

Cette œuvre a été exécutée pour illustrer l'ouvrage d'André Maurois, Le Peseur d'âmes, publié en 1931.
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