Live Auction 2166Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Christie’s roundel
Lot 140 Property from a Private Chicago Collection

Francis Picabia (1878-1953)

La victoire française

Closed7 May 2009

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Francis Picabia (1878-1953)
La victoire française
signed and dated 'Francis Picabia 31 Décembre 1940' (lower left)
watercolor, charcoal and pencil with white heightening on paper laid down on board
16 3/8 x 12¼ in. (41.6 x 31.1 cm.)
Executed on 31 December 1940

Gabriele Bailly Picabia, Paris.
Private collection, Chicago (acquired from the above, by 1969).
By descent from the above to the present owners.

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The Comité Picabia has confirmed the authenticity of this work.