Lot Essay
The Comité Picabia has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Le couple
Details
Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
Le couple
signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower right)
watercolor and brush and pen and India ink over pencil on paper
11¼ x 15 in. (28.6 x 38.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1922-1924
Le couple
signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower right)
watercolor and brush and pen and India ink over pencil on paper
11¼ x 15 in. (28.6 x 38.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1922-1924
Provenance
Didier Imbert Fine Art, Paris (by 1990).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1995.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1995.
Exhibited
Nîmes, Musée des beaux-arts, Exposition Francis Picabia, July-September 1986.
Paris, Didier Imbert Fine Art, Picabia, April-July 1990, no. 19.
Paris, Didier Imbert Fine Art, Picabia, April-July 1990, no. 19.
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