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Dents blanches
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FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953)
Dents blanches
signed ‘Picabia’ (lower left) and inscribed ‘Dents blanches -‘ (upper right)
watercolour and brush and India ink on paper
15 ¾ x 11 1⁄8 in. (40 x 28.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1916-1917
Dents blanches
signed ‘Picabia’ (lower left) and inscribed ‘Dents blanches -‘ (upper right)
watercolour and brush and India ink on paper
15 ¾ x 11 1⁄8 in. (40 x 28.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1916-1917
Provenance
Galerie Denise René, Paris, by the 1960s, and thence by descent; her estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 5 December 2022, lot 35.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
R. Hirle, Hommage a Denise Rene, Cinquante ans d'art construit, Strasbourg, 1996, p. 111 (illustrated; dated '1918-1920').
W. A. Camfield, B. Calté, C. Clements, A. Pierre & A. Verdier, Francis Picabia, Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1915-1927, Brussels, 2016, no. 529, p. 228 (illustrated p. 229).
W. A. Camfield, B. Calté, C. Clements, A. Pierre & A. Verdier, Francis Picabia, Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1915-1927, Brussels, 2016, no. 529, p. 228 (illustrated p. 229).
Exhibited
Paris, Art Center, Carte blanche à Denise René, Aventure géométrique et cinétique, May - July 1984, p. 64 (illustrated).
Montreuil, Centre des expositions, Philippe Soupault, Voyageur Magnétique, January - February 1989, p. 170 (illustrated p. 135).
Tsukuba, Museum of Art, Formes et Mouvements d’Art au XXème siècle, Hommage à Denise René, July 2000 - May 2001; this exhibition later travelled to Marugame-shi, Marugame Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art; and Urawa, City Museum.
Montreuil, Centre des expositions, Philippe Soupault, Voyageur Magnétique, January - February 1989, p. 170 (illustrated p. 135).
Tsukuba, Museum of Art, Formes et Mouvements d’Art au XXème siècle, Hommage à Denise René, July 2000 - May 2001; this exhibition later travelled to Marugame-shi, Marugame Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art; and Urawa, City Museum.
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