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Nouvelle Etude

69 - Francis PICABIA (1879–1953)

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Estimation

€3,000 - 5,000

Sale fees

30%

Francis PICABIA (1879–1953) Fountain on the Pond, 1909 Pastel on paper. Signed and dated lower right. 31.7 x 25.5 cm A notice of inclusion (No. 325) in the artist’s Catalogue Raisonné by the Picabia Committee (dated October 19, 2026) will be provided to the buyer. Provenance: Drouot Auction, Attorney Paul Renaud, December 10, 1971, lot no. 37. Exhibitions: -Mona Lisa Gallery (32, rue de Varenne, Paris), exhibition “Francis Picabia, Vue en Transparence,” G. Ribemont-Dessaignes and P. Waldberg, 1961, (likely not listed in the catalog—gallery label on the back of the work). -Pierre Belfond Gallery (5 bis Passage de la Petite Boucherie, Paris 6th arrondissement) from April 12 to May 12, 1978, Catalog No. E, (label on the back of the work). -Picabia Exhibition, Palais des Congrès de Paris, 1980, Catalog No. 2. (label on the back of the work). This work is presented jointly by Cabinet Chanoit and Ambroise Audoin-Rouzeau, Expert.

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Auction details

Dandy Pop - The World of the 20th Century
Wednesday, November 25
02:00 PM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Nouvelle Etude +33 1 47 70 83 00 contact@nouvelleetude.fr
On Drouot for 5 years avec More than 18,000 lots published

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