Lot Essay
The owl and dog elements represented in this drawing are reprised from Picabia's Dresseur d'Animaux, an oil on canvas painted in 1923 that is currently in the collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
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Details
FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953)
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signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower centre)
watercolour and pen and India ink on paper
13 x 8 in. (33 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1924-1925
Sans titre
signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower centre)
watercolour and pen and India ink on paper
13 x 8 in. (33 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1924-1925
Provenance
Louis Aragon, Paris.
Maria Macorig, Paris, a gift from the above in March 1982, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Maria Macorig, Paris, a gift from the above in March 1982, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
W. A. Camfield, B. Calté, C. Clements, A. Pierre & A. Verdier, Francis Picabia, Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1915-1927, New Haven & London, 2016, no. 895, p. 389 (illustrated).
Special notice
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Further details
The Comité Picabia has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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