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Lot Essay
The Comité Picabia has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.
On the evening of Saturday 15 June 1929, Mr and Mrs Léonce Rosenberg held a house warming at their new flat at 75 rue de Longchamp in the sixteenth arrondisement. A week earlier they had taken delivery of seven new pictures from Picabia with which they decorated the rooms of their new home alongside works from other artists in the 'stable' such as de Chirico, Ernst and Léger. The present work was included in this group, as the letter from the artist indicates (op. cit.). The party was reviewed extensively in the following week's press, with particular attention being paid to the effect that Picabia's works had: 'Pour la chambre à coucher de citronnier, émerveillement des experts, Picabia (qui l'eût cru?) a peint de grandes toiles aux reflets sous-marins, glauques, bleuâtres, à la surface desquelles s'enchevêtrent mille dessins, aux lignes serpentines, souples, de tous les ensembles, c'est le plus "décoratif"' (in Variétés, no. 3, 15 July 1929).
On the evening of Saturday 15 June 1929, Mr and Mrs Léonce Rosenberg held a house warming at their new flat at 75 rue de Longchamp in the sixteenth arrondisement. A week earlier they had taken delivery of seven new pictures from Picabia with which they decorated the rooms of their new home alongside works from other artists in the 'stable' such as de Chirico, Ernst and Léger. The present work was included in this group, as the letter from the artist indicates (op. cit.). The party was reviewed extensively in the following week's press, with particular attention being paid to the effect that Picabia's works had: 'Pour la chambre à coucher de citronnier, émerveillement des experts, Picabia (qui l'eût cru?) a peint de grandes toiles aux reflets sous-marins, glauques, bleuâtres, à la surface desquelles s'enchevêtrent mille dessins, aux lignes serpentines, souples, de tous les ensembles, c'est le plus "décoratif"' (in Variétés, no. 3, 15 July 1929).