Lot 427
  • 427

Francis Picabia

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Francis Picabia
  • Portrait d'homme
  • signed Francis Picabia (lower right)
  • charcoal and pencil on paper
  • 30.8 by 23.7cm., 12 1/8 by 9 3/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Rabouan-Moussion, Paris
Private Collection, Paris
Sale: Étude Ferri, Delorme & Collin du Bocage, 3rd December 2008, lot 112
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, and t-hinged to the mount with tape at the upper corners. The right edge is slightly unevenly cut. There is a minor paper loss to the centre of the upper edge. There is some faint mount staining to all four edges. This work is in overall very good condition.
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