Lot 221
  • 221

FRANCIS PICABIA | Pilar

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description

  • Francis Picabia
  • Pilar
  • signed Francis Picabia (lower left); titled and inscribed 3 Pilar on the verso
  • watercolour, gouache, pen and ink and pencil on paper
  • 84.1 by 74.6cm., 33 1/8 by 29 3/8 in.
  • Executed circa 1926-28.

Provenance

Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne (acquired in the 1970s)
Acquired by the present owner circa 1981-82

Literature

William A. Camfield, Francis Picabia. His Art, Life and Times, Princeton, 1979, no. 304, illustrated p. 16
Maria-Lluïsa Borràs, Picabia, Paris, 1985, no. 718, illustrated p. 362 

Condition

Please contact the Impressionist and Modern Art Department (Phoebe.Liu@sothebys.com) for the condition report.
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Catalogue Note

This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Comité Picabia.
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