Nov 13, 2012 11:00 EST
European, American, Modern & Contemporary Art
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Francis Picabia
French, 1879-1953
Paris, Les Quais, Notre Dame, circa 1903-04 and Portrait sketch of a Woman: A Double-sided work
Signed Picabia (ll) [recto]
Oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 27 1/2 inches (60 x 69.9 cm)
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 20 November 1984, lot 32
Galerie Bailly, Paris
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 June 1985, lot 17
Anon. (acquired at the above sale)
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 June 1991, lot 134
Francis Picabia
French, 1879-1953
Paris, Les Quais, Notre Dame, circa 1903-04 and Portrait sketch of a Woman: A Double-sided work
Signed Picabia (ll) [recto]
Oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 27 1/2 inches (60 x 69.9 cm)
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 20 November 1984, lot 32
Galerie Bailly, Paris
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 June 1985, lot 17
Anon. (acquired at the above sale)
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 June 1991, lot 134
Could use a light cleaning. 3 inch tear at bottom center. Strip lined. Scattered craquelure. Old two inch vertical tear at upper center and a three inch vertical tear at lower center, both repaired. Inpainting along the top edge and a portion of the bottom right and upper left edges. Unable to detect further restoration under UV light.
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Auction: European, American, Modern & Contemporary Art, Nov 13, 2012
