Lot 301
  • 301

Francis Picabia

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Francis Picabia
  • EFFET DU MATIN, BORD DE L'YONNE
  • signed Picabia and dated 1905 (lower left)

  • oil on canvas

  • 38.5 by 55.6cm., 15 1/8 by 21 7/8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, France

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Haussmann, Picabia, 1907, (possibly) no. 48

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There is a 1cm. tear to the lower right of the canvas with associated paint losses, several intermittent lines of paint loss along the upper edge and a hole to the upper left corner, all visible to the naked eye. There are some retouchings along the upper edge, all visible under UV light. This work is in good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration.
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