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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 28, 2018 | Christie's | London | Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale | 11 | $****** - ****** | Sans titre (Pot de fleurs) |
paintings
65.1 x 54 cm (25.63 x 21.25 in)
Ripolin, Ripolin paint can lids, stretcher keys, quill toothpicks, paint brushes and string on canvas
signed 'FRANCIS PICABIA' (lower left)
(Probably) Colette Jéramec Tchernia, Paris.
André Tchernia, Aix-en-Provence, circa mid 1960s.
(Probably) Simone Collinet, Paris.
Galleria Notizie (Luciano Pistoi), Turin, circa 1972.
Galleria Ippolito Simonis, Turin, by circa 1974.
Acquired by the present owner in 1980.
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Francis Picabia: mezzo secolo di avanguardia, November 1974 - February 1975, no. 45, n.p. (illustrated; dated 'circa 1923 - 1925').
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Francis Picabia: Portrait de l'auteur par lui-me^me, January - March 1976, no. 144, pp. 41 & 188 (illustrated p. 144).
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Francis Picabia, February - March 1984, no. 55, p. 175 (illustrated p. 71; dated 'circa 1924-1927').
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Francis Picabia: Our Heads are Round so our Thoughts can Change Direction, June - September 2016, p. 353 (illustrated pl. 147, p. 179); this exhibition later travelled to New York, Museum of Modern Art, November 2016 - March 2017.
W. A. Camfield, Francis Picabia: His Art, Life and Times, New Jersey, 1979, no. 268, n.p. (illustrated; dated 'circa 1924-1926').
M. L. Borràs, Picabia, London, 1985, no. 349, p. 516 (illustrated fig. 594, p. 316; titled 'Painting' and dated 'circa 1923-1925').
A. Pierre, Francis Picabia: La peinture sans aura, Paris, 2002, pp. 208-209 (illustrated fig. 83, p. 209; titled 'La Peinture' and dated 'circa 1925').
W. A. Camfield, B. & P. Calté, C. Clements, A. Pierre & A. Verdier, Francis Picabia, Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1915-1927, New Haven & London, 2016, no. 925, p. 410 (illustrated; detail illustrated p. 411).
signed 'FRANCIS PICABIA' (lower left)
Ripolin, Ripolin paint can lids, stretcher keys, quill toothpicks, paint brushes and string on canvas
25 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (65.2 x 54 cm.)
Executed circa 1924-1925
