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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 15, 2011 | Binoche et Giquello | Paris | DESSINS - TABLEAUX ANCIENS ET MODERNES OBJETS D’ART ET D’AMEUBLEMENT | 57 | $****** - ****** | Open mask |
paintings
75.2 x 52.1 cm (29.61 x 20.51 in)
Oil on panel
Signed lower right
FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953)
Open mask, circa 1936 Oil on cardboard, laminated on panel Signed lower right 75.2 x 52.1 cm Under original frame On the reverse, label from the Furstenberg Transparency gallery from the early 1930s, representing two female faces standing superimposed on a cracked background, notably at the location of the foreheads of the two women, representing the brain. In 1928, Picabia exhibited at Théophile Briant a series of very complex "transparencies" where multiple levels offer several reading possibilities. Influenced by Marcel Duchamp, Picabia brings into play a new element: the phenomenon of accommodation, a sensation close to that of relief, using a single eye. In 1928, Théophile Briant published Picabia"s work - with the explicit title: "The Law of accommodation among one-eyed people". “Open Mask” was purchased by Mr. David-Roger Bloch, at the Furstenberg Gallery managed by Simone Collinet, née Kahn, first wife of André Breton; during
