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Francis Picabia’s Cat: An Inseparable Friend

Published on , by Caroline Legrand
Auction on 10 April 2021 - 14:30 (CEST) - Hôtel des ventes « Le Montségur », 60, avenue Eugène-Félix - 83700 Saint-Raphaël

Like cats, Francis Picabia had many lives. But whether an Impressionist, Dadaist or Surrealist, he always loved animals.

Francis Picabia (1879-1953), Portrait de chat (Portrait of a Cat), c. 1923-1927,... Francis Picabia’s Cat: An Inseparable Friend

Francis Picabia (1879-1953), Portrait de chat (Portrait of a Cat), c. 1923-1927, watercolor over pencil strokes on paper, signed, 27 x 24 cm/10.63 x 9.45 in.
Estimate: €4,000/6,000

From Foujita to Pierre Bonnard , Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse , many 20 th -century artists have painted cats, those unfathomable felines we want to tame. In prior centuries,…
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