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This painting is sold with a photo-certificate from the Comité Picabia.
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La peinture du meilleur avenir
Details
Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
La peinture du meilleur avenir
signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower right)
oil on board
28¾ x 23½ in. (73 x 59.7 cm.)
Painted in 1945
La peinture du meilleur avenir
signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower right)
oil on board
28¾ x 23½ in. (73 x 59.7 cm.)
Painted in 1945
Provenance
Olga Picabia, by descent from the artist, until at least 1984.
Galerie Hans Neuendorf, Frankfurt-am-Main.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987.
Galerie Hans Neuendorf, Frankfurt-am-Main.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987.
Literature
M.L. Borràs, Picabia, London, 1985, no. 822 (illustrated fig. 1084, p. 485).
Exhibited
Paris, Salon des Surindépendants, October 1945, no. 568.
Brussels, Galerie Apollo, Francis Picabia, 1950, no. 6.
Paris, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Francis Picabia, January - March 1976, no. 230 (illustrated p. 171).
Paris, Palais des Congrès, Picabia, Dandy et Héraut de l'art du XXe siècle, 1981, no. 46 (illustrated).
Brussels, Musée d'Ixelles, Picabia, 1983, no. 81 (illustrated).
Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, Francis Picabia, October - December 1983, no. 135 (illustrated p. 132); this exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Kunsthaus, Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Seibu Takanawa, The Museum of Modern Art and Tokyo, The Seibu Museum of Art.
Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Picabia 1879-1953, July - September 1988, no. 60 (illustrated p. 112); this exhibition later travelled to Frankfurt-am-Main, Galerie Neuendorf.
Paris, Didier Imbert Fine Arts, Picabia, April - July 1990, no. 80 (illustrated p. 191).
Valencía, IVAM Centre Julio González, Francis Picabia: máquinas y Españolas, October - December 1995, p. 142 (illustrated p. 133); this exhibition later travelled to Barcelona, Fundació Antoní Tàpies.
Hamburg, Deicchtorhallen, Francis Picabia, Das Spätwerk 1933-1953, October 1997 - February 1998, p. 92 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
Brussels, Galerie Apollo, Francis Picabia, 1950, no. 6.
Paris, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Francis Picabia, January - March 1976, no. 230 (illustrated p. 171).
Paris, Palais des Congrès, Picabia, Dandy et Héraut de l'art du XXe siècle, 1981, no. 46 (illustrated).
Brussels, Musée d'Ixelles, Picabia, 1983, no. 81 (illustrated).
Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, Francis Picabia, October - December 1983, no. 135 (illustrated p. 132); this exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Kunsthaus, Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Seibu Takanawa, The Museum of Modern Art and Tokyo, The Seibu Museum of Art.
Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Picabia 1879-1953, July - September 1988, no. 60 (illustrated p. 112); this exhibition later travelled to Frankfurt-am-Main, Galerie Neuendorf.
Paris, Didier Imbert Fine Arts, Picabia, April - July 1990, no. 80 (illustrated p. 191).
Valencía, IVAM Centre Julio González, Francis Picabia: máquinas y Españolas, October - December 1995, p. 142 (illustrated p. 133); this exhibition later travelled to Barcelona, Fundació Antoní Tàpies.
Hamburg, Deicchtorhallen, Francis Picabia, Das Spätwerk 1933-1953, October 1997 - February 1998, p. 92 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
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