Lot 331
  • 331

Francis Picabia

Estimate
65,000 - 85,000 GBP
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Description

  • Francis Picabia
  • CANAL DE MORET, EFFET D'HIVER
  • signed Picabia and dated 1904 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 60 by 73cm., 23 1/2 by 28 3/4 in.

Provenance

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 6th Novermber 2003, lot 143
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Salon des Artistes Français, 1904, no. 1426
Paris, Galerie Haussmann, Picabia, 1905, no. 36

Literature

Maria Lluïsa Borràs, Picabia, Paris, 1985, catalogued p. 55

Condition

The canvas is not lined and there are tack-holes to all four corners. There are no signs of retouching visible under UV light. This work is in very good condition.
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