FRANCIS PICABIA | TABARIN

Auction Closed

June 29, 05:15 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

FRANCIS PICABIA

1879 - 1953

TABARIN

Signed Francis Picabia (lower left) and titled (lower right)

Oil on paper mounted on board

41⅜ by 30 in. (105 by 76 cm)

Framed: 51¾ by 39½ in. (131.5 by 100.5 cm)

Painted circa 1937-38.

Estate of the artist

Gabriel François Martinez-Picabia (by descent from the above in 1979)

Dr Jean Audouin, Paris

Dominique Kanga, Paris (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, February 16, 1989, lot 152)

Private Collection, United States (acquired at the above sale)

Marianne & Pierre Nahon (Galerie Beaubourg), Paris & Vence

Private Collection, Europe (acquired in October 1994)

Private Collection, Switzerland (and sold: Sotheby's, London, June 20, 2006, lot 383)

Acquired at the above sale

Maria Lluisa Borràs, Picabia, London, 1985, no. 843, fig. 1069, illustrated p. 481 (dated circa 1946-47)

William Camfield, Beverley Calte, Candace Clements & Arnauld Pierre, Francis Picabia, Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, Brussels, 2019, no. 1428, illustrated in color p. 364

Paris, Palais des Congrès, Picabia. Dandy et Héraut de l’art du XXe siècle, 1980-81, no. 26, illustrated in the catalogue

Brussels, Musee d'lxelles, Picabia, 1879-1953, 1983, no. 65, illustrated in the catalogue (dated 1935)

Tokyo, Museum of Modern Art & Seibu Takanawa, The Seibu Museum of Art, Francis Picabia, 1984, no. 57, illustrated in the catalogue (dated 1935)

Madrid, Salas Pablo Ruiz Picasso del Ministerio de Cultura & Barcelona, Fundacio Caixa de Pensions, Francis Picabia, 1985, no. 115, illustrated in the catalogue

Nimes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Francis Picabia, 1986, no. 100, illustrated in the catalogue (as dating 1935)

Nice, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Picabia et la Côte d'azur, 1991, no. 55, illustrated in the catalogue (dated 1935)

Gijón, Palacio Revillagigedo, Picabia entre guerras, 1991, no. 46, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Antwerp, Ronny van de Velde, Francis Picabia, 1993, no. 39, illustrated in color in the catalogue (as dated 1935)

Montrouge, 39e Salon de Montrouge, Picabia et Montrouge-Barcelone, 1994, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue

Hamburg, Deichtorhallen & Rotterdam, Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Francis Picabia, The Late Works, 1933-1953, 1997-98, illustrated in color in the catalogue (as dated 1935)