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Francis Picabia’s Impressionist Spain

Published on 24 November 2022, by Claire Papon and Sophie reyssat

Auction on 28 November 2022 - 14:00 (CET) - Salle 13 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Francis Picabia made this 1907 Impressionist-inspired painting in Spain. It remained with the family of a Parisian collector for a long time.

Francis Picabia (1859-1953), Effet de soleil en bord de mer à Fuentarrabia (Effect... Francis Picabia’s Impressionist Spain

Francis Picabia (1859-1953), Effet de soleil en bord de mer à Fuentarrabia (Effect of Sunlight on the Seashore at Fuentarrabia), 1907, oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm/21.25 x 25.59 in.
Estimate: €60,000/80,000

The countryside shimmers in the summer light. The air seems still. Not a soul has ventured out despite the quietness. In the distance, a line of hills rising above the sea blocks the horizon. This was the…

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