Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
Femme au masque
signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower left)
oil on cardboard laid down on panel
18 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (47 x 38.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1938-1939
Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
Femme au masque
signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower left)
oil on cardboard laid down on panel
18 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (47 x 38.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1938-1939
Michel Sima, France, until 1987. Private collection, France, from 1987. Pierre Calté, Paris, by whom acquired from the above in 1993. Private collection, by whom acquired from the above in 1996, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 6 June 2013, lot 7. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Santiago de Compostela, Museo do Pobo Galego, Francis Picabia, o soño español, June - July 1996, no. 22 (illustrated; dated '1924-28'). Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Francis Picabia, August - September 1999, no. 22, p. 70 (illustrated; dated '1924-27'); this exhibition later travelled to Fukushima, Iwaki City Art Museum, October - November 1999; and Osaka, The Museum of Art, Kintetsu, January - February 2000.
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Specialist note
The Comité Picabia has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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