French Printmaking of the Fin de Siècle and Beyond

25 - 28 October 2022

Sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art

Francis Picabia (1879-1953)

Boat on the waters edge (Barque au bord de l’eau), c. 1905

Etching and aquatint on wove paper

168 x 247 mm. (6 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches)

Signed & numbered 7/10

This early etching by Picabia is very rare. Only one other copy in the Philadelphia Museum of Art is known.

Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 18 April 2018, lot 2
Eric Gillis Fine Art, Brussels, 2019, where acquired by
Private collection, New York

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