Lot Essay
The Comité Picabia has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Property from a Private Chicago Collection
Francis Picabia (1878-1953)
La victoire française
Details
Francis Picabia (1878-1953)
La victoire française
signed and dated 'Francis Picabia 31 Décembre 1940' (lower left)
watercolor, charcoal and pencil with white heightening on paper laid down on board
16 3/8 x 12¼ in. (41.6 x 31.1 cm.)
Executed on 31 December 1940
La victoire française
signed and dated 'Francis Picabia 31 Décembre 1940' (lower left)
watercolor, charcoal and pencil with white heightening on paper laid down on board
16 3/8 x 12¼ in. (41.6 x 31.1 cm.)
Executed on 31 December 1940
Provenance
Gabriele Bailly Picabia, Paris.
Private collection, Chicago (acquired from the above, by 1969).
By descent from the above to the present owners.
Private collection, Chicago (acquired from the above, by 1969).
By descent from the above to the present owners.
Literature
M. Lluïsa Borràs, Picabia, New York, 1985, p. 531, no. 750 (illustrated, p. 434, fig. 929; titled Woman with a howitzer, dated 1941).
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