Auction on
26 June 2019 - 14:00 (CEST) -
Salle 1 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
Deciding to become a painter, Francis Picabia followed in the footsteps of the Impressionists Sisley, Pissarro and Monet, whose motifs he happily followed.
Francis Picabia (1879-1953), Les Châtaigniers à Munot, effet de soleil (The Chestnut Trees at Munot, Effect of Sunlight), 1907, oil on original canvas, 73 x 92 cm. Estimate: €120,000/150 000
Francis Picabia (1879-1953), Les Châtaigniers à Munot, effet de soleil (The Chestnut Trees at Munot, Effect of Sunlight), 1907, oil on original canvas, 73 x 92 cm. Estimate: €120,000/150 000
The field shimmers in the summer heat. A farmer in a straw hat bends over, probably to pull out a weed. In the distance, a line of green hills closes…
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