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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 30, 2022 | Sotheby's | London | Modern & Contemporary Day Auction | 455 | $****** - ****** | Good | Le Mexicain | ||
Jun 30, 2000 | Christie's | South Kensington | 20th Century Art | 128 | $****** - ****** | Good | Mexicain |
paintings
109.9 x 100.3 cm (43.27 x 39.49 in)
oil on panel
signed Francis Picabia (lower left)
Suzanne Romain, Paris & Nice (the artist's lover; a gift from the artist before 1953 and until 1990)
Didier Imbert Fine Art, Paris (acquired by 1991)
Sale: Christie's, South Kensington, 30th June 2000, lot 128
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 24th June 2003, lot 202
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Cannes, La Galerie Serguy, Exposition Picabia , 1938
Paris, Galerie Colette Allendy, Francis Picabia: 5 Tableaux et 60 Dessins; Transparencies - Surimpressions , 1947
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Francis Picabia , 1976, no. 214, illustrated in the catalogue
Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle & Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Francis Picabia , 1983-84, no. 118 (Düsseldorf), illustrated in the catalogue, no. 106 (Stockholm)
Madrid, Salas Pablo Ruiz Picasso del Ministerio de Cultura & Barcelona, Fundació Caixa de Pensions, Francis Picabia, Exposición antològica , 1985, no. 125, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Francis Picabia: Collection Suzanne Romain , 1990
Paris, Didier Imbert Fine Art, Picabia , 1990, no. 59, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Nice, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Picabia et La Côte d'Azur , 1991, no. 65, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Lisbon, Centro Cultural de Belém, Francis Picabia antologia/ anthology , 1997, no. 83, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Maria Lluïsa Borràs, Picabia , Barcelona, 1985, no. 877, illustrated in colour p. 413 (titled Le petit Mexicain & with incorrect medium)
Olga Mohler Picabia, Album Picabia , Turin, 1975, illustrated in photographs of the artist's studio pp. 105 & 106
William A. Camfield, Beverly Calté, Candace Clements, Arnaud Pierre & Pierre Calté, Francis Picabia Catalogue Raisonné , vol. III, New Haven & London, 2019, no. 1411, illustrated in color p. 356
Property from a Distinguished Private European Collection
Francis Picabia
1879 - 1953
Le Mexicain
signed Francis Picabia (lower left)
oil on panel
109.9 by 100.3cm., 43¼ by 39½in.
Framed: 133.7 by 124.5cm., 52⅝ by 49in.
Painted circa 1937.
