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Francis PICABIA (1879-1953)

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The Philosopher Oil on canvas titled lower left and signed and dated lower right 1946. 100 x 81 cm Bibliography: - Will be included in the catalog raisonné being prepared by the PICABIA committee. - Maria Lluïsa BORRAS, Picabia, editions Albin Michel, 1985, n° 1028, p. 470 p. 471 and described n°831 p. 533. (Described by mistake as an oil on cardboard) - Quoted in Francis Picabia "Classique et merveilleux" Galerie Beaubourg, edition La Différence Paris, on the occasion of the exhibition at the Beaubourg gallery. Château Notre-Dame des Fleurs in Vence July-October 1998. Our painting is cited on p. 192 but not reproduced. Provenance: Galliéra sale, Paris, June 1964.