Francis picabia

Sans titre (Transparence) signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower left) pen and ink and pencil on paper 18.8 x 14.2cm (7 3/8 x 5 9/16in). Executed circa 1930 - 1931

L’Oeil is one of Picabia’s most refined machinist compositions, works made by the artist between 1915 and 1920 that encapsulate the modern machine aesthetic. These pictures rely heavily upon the artist’s use of symbolism to represent human situations, where a machine or machine parts are often appropriated to invoke sexual interaction. “The machine has become more than a mere adjunct of human life,” he proclaimed during the time of his second visit to the United States in 1915. “It is really…

[Sotheby’s, New York - Oil on canvas, 61.6 x 50.9 cm]

[Sotheby’s, New York - Oil on canvas, 61.6 x 50.9 cm]

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Francis Picabia (French, 1879-1953), Untitled, 1932. Ink and crayon on paper, 63.5 x 49.2 cm.

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