Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
Amsel
signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower right); inscribed 'AMSEL' (upper right)
oil on canvas
14 7/8 x 33½ in. (37.8 x 85 cm.)
Painted circa 1929-1930
Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
Amsel
signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower right); inscribed 'AMSEL' (upper right)
oil on canvas
14 7/8 x 33½ in. (37.8 x 85 cm.)
Painted circa 1929-1930
Galerie Léonce Rosenberg, Paris.
Acquired by the present owner in 2008.
M. L. Borràs, Picabia, London, 1985, no. 560 (illustrated fig. 733, p. 364, dated 'c.1930-1934').
C. Derouet, Francis Picabia, lettres à Léonce Rosenberg 1929-1940, Paris, 2000, pp. 21, 33, 46 & 88 (illustrated, titled 'Nu').
Paris, Galerie Rosenberg, Francis Picabia, December 1930, no. 40.
Paris, Galerie Georges Bernheim, Francis Picabia, 1931, no. 4.
Amsterdam, Gebouw Leesmuseum, 30 May 1933, no. 33.
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Specialist note
This work is sold with a photo-certificate from the Comité Picabia.
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