Impressionist, Modern & Contemporary Art | An Evening Sale
Impressionist, Modern & Contemporary Art | An Evening Sale
Property from a Private European Collection
Francis Picabia
Le Bal de la rue Blomet
Auction Closed
December 9, 12:09 AM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private European Collection
Francis Picabia
1879 - 1953
Le Bal de la rue Blomet
Signed Francis Picabia (lower right); inscribed BLOMET (upper right)
Oil on card mounted on board
23⅞ by 19⅝ in.
61 by 50 cm
Painted circa 1946-47.
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Comité Picabia.
Marthe Pignon Paimparey, Paris
Roger Grosjean, Paris (acquired by 1960)
Private Collection, Paris (by descent from the above in 1975 and until at least 1983)
Galerie Art Contemporain, Paris (acquired by 1985)
Private Collection, France (acquired before 1994)
Sale: Marc-Arthur Kohn, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 8, 1994, lot 82
Sale: Marc-Arthur Kohn, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 17, 1997, lot 32
Private Collection, Barcelona (acquired at the above sale)
Thence by descent
Olga Mohler Picabia, Francis Picabia, Turin, 1975, n.p.
Maria Luïsa Borràs, Picabia, Paris, 1985, no. 1070, illustrated p. 481 (titled Blomet and dated 1946)