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By Land and By Sea: The Collection of Paul Yeou Chichong
Francis Picabia
Poisson géant
Lot Closed
October 4, 05:20 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
By Land and By Sea: The Collection of Paul Yeou Chichong
Francis Picabia
1879 - 1953
Poisson géant
signed Francis Picabia (lower left)
pen and ink and pencil on paper
image: 10 by 7 ¾ in. (25.5 by 19.7 cm.)
sheet: 13 ¾ by 11 ⅝ in. (35 by 29.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1935.
Marianne & Pierre Nahon, Vence
Private Collection, France (acquired from the above)
Christie's South Kensington, 25 November 2009, lot 47 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection, Europe
Acquired from the above by the present owner
William A. Camfield, Beverley Calté, Candace Clements & Arnauld Pierre, Francis Picabia Catalogue Raisonné, vol. iii, Brussels, 2019, no. 1240, p. 284, illustrated in color