FRANCIS PICABIA
French, 1878-1953
Effet de Soleil sur les Bords de l’Étang de Berre
Signed and dated Picabia 1905
Oil on canvas
29 x 36½ inches (74 x 92.5 cm)
Framed: 37 x 44½ inches (94 x 113 cm)
L’étang de Berre is a small inland sea between Martigues and Marseilles.
Provenance
M. Sorel, 1905
Vente Oeuvres de Picabia, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 8, 1909, lot 22, illustrated
Henri and Cécile Boulard de Villeneuve, Paris (acquired from the above)
By descent to Ms. F. Camail, Paris, 1965
By descent to Private Collection, Paris
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Haussmann, Exposition d’Oeuvres de Picabia, 1905, no. 23
Paris, Galerie Haussmann, Picabia, 1907, no. 55, illustrated
Literature
William A. Camfield, Beverly Calté, Pierre Calté, Candace Clements, Arnauld Pierre, Francis Picabia: Catalogue Raisonné, Brussels, 2014, vol. I (1898-1914), pp. 232-3, no. 214, illustrated
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