Francis PICABIA (1879-1953)

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Francis PICABIA (1879-1953)
Washer, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, autumn effect, 1906 Oil on canvas. Signed and dated "Picabia 1906" on the lower right. 47 x 55 cm. Provenance: Paris, Sale, Hôtel Drouot, 8/03/1909, n°62. Exhibition: Paris, Galerie Haussmann, Exhibition F. Picabia, du 01/02/1907 au 15/02/1907, n°60. Bibliography: W.Camfield, B Calté, C C Clements, A. Pierre, P Calté, Francis Picabia, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume 1, Mercatorfonds, 2000, reproduced on page 223 under the number 190. From 1902, under the influence of Pissarro, Monet and Sisley, Francis Picabia begins his impressionist period. Beyond the temptation of the servile transposition of his elders, the painter has an emotional and sensual approach to Nature. This is the beginning of a prolific period for Picabia, who signs an exclusive contract with the famous Haussmann gallery directed by G.Danthon. The gallery owner organises a series of three exhibitions as early as 1905. Our work, painted in 1906, is exhibited in 1907. The painter's approach is explained in the preface to the catalogue written by the art critic Roger-Milès, who establishes a pictorial correspondence between emotions and colours, shapes, rhythms and sounds. The autumnal colours, the sobriety of the subject of the washer and the repetition of the familiar Villeneuve-sur-Yonne motif help to inscribe our work, painted in 1906, in the subjective conception of Impressionism developed by the artist. From 1908 onwards, Picabia rapidly evolved first towards Pointillism and then Fauvism. One year later he took the path of "Dada". The break with his gallery owner Danthon, caused by his artistic turn, was consummated when the latter organised a resounding auction sale at the Hôtel Drouot on 8 March 1909, in which our painting was featured. Despite the somewhat malicious intent of the merchant towards his foal, the sale was a success. "Curiously enough, everything was bought by amateurs and not a single n
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