Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
Rêve
signed and dated 'Francis Picabia 1947' (lower left)
oil on board
28½ x 36 in. (72.5 x 91.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1938 and in 1947
Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
Rêve
signed and dated 'Francis Picabia 1947' (lower left)
oil on board
28½ x 36 in. (72.5 x 91.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1938 and in 1947
Pulin collection, Milan.
Enrico Baj, Milan.
Acquired by the previous owner in Italy in the 1970s; sale, Sotheby's, London, 20 June 2007, lot 385.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
M. Sanouillet, Picabia, Paris, 1964, p. 136 (illustrated).
M.L. Borràs, Picabia, Paris, 1985, no. 870 (illustrated p. 492).
Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Francis Picabia, 1967 (illustrated).
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
Specialist note
This painting is sold with a photo-certificate from the Comité Picabia.
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