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FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953)
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
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.
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).
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.
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