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Property from a Private Collection, France

FRANCIS PICABIA | UNTITLED (À TRISTAN TZARA)

Auction Closed

June 29, 05:15 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, France

FRANCIS PICABIA

1879 - 1953

UNTITLED (À TRISTAN TZARA)


Signed Francis Picabia and dedicated à Tristan Tzara (lower right)

Brush and ink and pencil on paper

8½ by 7⅛ in. (21.5 by 18 cm)

Framed: 16½ by 14½ in. (41.9 by 36. 8 cm)

Executed circa 1919. 

Tristan Tzara, Paris (acquired from the artist by 1963)

Galerie Marzona, Düsseldorf (acquired by 1977)

Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp (acquired by 1991)

Private Collection, Italy (acquired from the above in 1991)

Galerie Michel Vidal, Paris (acquired from the above in 2009)

Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above)

Thence by descent

William A. Camfield, Beverly Calté, Candace Clements, Arnaud Pierre & Pierre Calté, Francis Picabia Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, New Haven & London, 2016, no. 609, illustrated in color p. 261

Düsseldorf, Galerie Marzona, Francis Picabia, 1977, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue

Paris, Galerie de l'Étoile, Le Triangle d'or: Duchamp, Picabia, Man Ray, 1993, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue

Paris, Galerie Michel Vidal & New York, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Picabia: Funny Guy, 2009, illustrated in color in the catalogue