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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 25, 2025 | Hindman Auctions | Philadelphia | What Do You See? The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Part IV | 371 | $****** - ****** | Satyre |
Works on Paper
32.7 x 25.4 cm (12.88 x 10 in)
pencil on paper
dedicated à Marie d"Espie de la Hire/très affectueusement/Francis Picabia (lower right)
We wish to thank the Comité Picabia for confirming the authenticity of the present Lot, which will be included in the artist"s Catalogue Raisonné and will be accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Lot Essay:strong
Marie de La Hire, to whom the present drawing is dedicated, was a novelist, poet, and painter closely connected to the avant-garde circles of early 20th-century Paris. Married to the writer Adolphe d"Espie, she was a close friend of Francis Picabia and established her studio near his. A perceptive supporter of his work, she became one of his earliest champions. In 1920, she authored one of the first monographs on Picabia, published by the avant-garde press Povolozky-La Cible, marking a significant early critical study of his art. De La Hire also contributed to Picabia"s seminal collaborative work
L"Œil Cacodylate
, from 1921, a radical piece that invited friends and collaborators to inscribe messages directly onto the canvas, thus challenging conventional notions of authorship and originality in art. Her dynamic involvement in the artistic community was cut short by her untimely death in a car accident in 1925.
Francis Picabia
(French, 1879-1953)
Satyre
pencil on paper
dedicated à Marie d"Espie de la Hire/très affectueusement/Francis Picabia (lower right)
12 7/8 x 10 in. (32.7 x 25.4cm)
The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
