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List of works by Francis Picabia

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Francis Picabia, photograph published in Les Peintres Cubistes, 1913

This is a list of works by Francis Picabia (22 January 1879 – 30 November 1953), French avant-garde artist, painter, poet and typographist, whose work is associated with Cubism, Abstract art, Dada and Surrealism.[1]

Artworks

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Painting Name French name Year Technique Dimensions City Gallery Notes
Caoutchouc c. 1909 Watercolor, gouache, and ink on cardboard 47.5 x 61.5 cm Paris Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou
Horses Chevaux 1910-11 Oil on canvas 73.3 x 92.5 cm Paris Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou
Landscape at Cassis Paysage à Cassis c.1910-11 Oil on canvas 50.3 × 61.5 cm Private collection
Grimaldi after the rain Grimaldi après la pluie c. 1912
The Red Tree L'Arbre rouge (Grimaldi après la pluie) c.1912 Oil on canvas 92.5 x 73.4 cm Paris Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou
The Red Tree L'Arbre rouge (Grimaldi après la pluie) c.1912 Oil on canvas 92.5 x 73.4 cm Paris Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou
Tarentelle 1912 Oil on canvas 73.6 x 92.1 cm New York City Museum of Modern Art
The Procession, Seville La Procession, Seville 1912 Oil on canvas 121.9 x 121.9 cm Washington DC National Gallery of Art
The Dance at the Spring La danse au printemps 1912 Oil on canvas 120.5 x 120.6 cm Philadelphia Philadelphia Museum of Art
Edtaonisl Ecclesiastic 1913 Oil on canvas 300.4 x 300.7 cm Chicago Art Institute of Chicago
Catch as Catch Can La Source 1913 Oil on canvas 105.4 x 86.4 cm Philadelphia Philadelphia Museum of Art
Udnie (Young American Girl, The Dance) Udnie (Jeune fille américaine, danse) 1913 Oil on canvas 290 x 300 cm Paris Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou
Star Dancer on a Transatlantic Steamer 1913 Watercolor
Cosmic Force Force Comique 1913–14 Watercolor and graphite on paper 63.4 x 52.7 cm Pittsfield, Massachusetts Berkshire Museum
Girl Born Without a Mother Fille née sans mère 1915 Published in 291 (magazine) 47.4 x 31.7 cm Paris Musée d'Orsay
(Left) Le saint des saints c'est de moi qu'il s'agit dans ce portrait, 1 July 1915; (center) Portrait d'une jeune fille americaine dans l'état de nudité, 5 July 1915: (right) J'ai vu et c'est de toi qu'il s'agit, De Zayas! De Zayas! Je suis venu sur les rivages du Pont-Euxin, New York, 1915 1915
Ici, c'est ici Stieglitz, foi et amour 1915 Published cover of 291 (magazine), No. 1
Voilà Haviland (la poésie est comme lui), Portrait mécanomorphe de Paul B. Haviland 1915
Machine Turn Quickly Machine, Tournez Vite 1916 Tempera on paper 49 x 32 cm Private collection
Universal Prostitution Prostitution Universelle 1916–17 Black ink, tempera, metallic paint on cardboard 74.5 x 94.2 cm New Haven CT. Yale University Art Gallery
Flamenca Flamenca 1917 Published in 391 (magazine)
Lampe Illusion 1917 Published in 391 (magazine)
Marie, Barcelone 1917 Published in 391 (magazine). No 3, March 1
Peigne, Miroir de l'Apparence 1917 Published in 391 (magazine), No. 2, February 10
Américaine 1917 Published in 391 (magazine), No. 6, July
Âne 1917 Published in 391 (magazine), No. 6, July
Molèculaire 1919 Published in 391 (magazine), No. 8, February
Danse de Saint-Guy 1919 Published in The Little Review, Autumn 1922
Alarm Clock Réveil Matin 1919 Published in Dada, 4-5, Number 5, 15 May
Alarm Clock Réveil Matin 1919 Ink on paper 31.8 x 23 cm London Tate
Dada Movement 1919 Published in Dada, 4-5, Number 5, 15 May
Portrait of Cézanne, Portrait of Renoir, Portrait of Rembrandt 1920 Toy monkey and oil on cardboard Reproduced in Cannibale, Paris, n. 1, April 25 Whereabouts unknown
Francis chante le Coq 1920 Published in 391 (magazine)
Ce numéro est entouré d'une dentelle rose. 1920 Published in 391 (magazine), No. 13
The Blessed Virgin La Sainte Vierge 1920 Ink and graphite on paper. Published in Dada, 4-5, Number 5, 15 May 33 x 24 cm Paris Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou
L'oeil cacodylate 1921 Oil and collage on canvas 148.6 x 117.4 cm Paris Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou
Optophone I 1919 Watercolor and graphite on paper 72 x 60 cm
Phosphate 1922 Published in Littérature magazine, No. 6, New Series, 1 November
Aviation 1922 Ink, crayon, watercolor on paper 79.9 x 54 cm Providence, Rhode Island RISD Museum
Astrolabe 1922 Galeries Dalmau exhibition catalogue
Thermomètre pour aveugles 1922 Galeries Dalmau exhibition catalogue
Femme Espagnole (Espagnole à la cigarette) 1922 Watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper 72 x 51 cm

References

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Further reading

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  • Allan, Kenneth R. “Metamorphosis in 391: A Cryptographic Collaboration by Francis Picabia, Man Ray, and Erik Satie.” Art History 34, No. 1 (February, 2011): 102-125.
  • Baker, George. The Artwork Caught by the Tail: Francis Picabia and Dada in Paris. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007. (ISBN 978-0-262-02618-5)
  • Borràs, Maria Lluïsa. Picabia. Trans. Kenneth Lyons. New York: Rizzoli, 1985.
  • Calté, Beverly and Arnauld Pierre. Francis Picabia. Tokyo: APT International, 1999.
  • Camfield, William. Francis Picabia: His Art, Life and Times. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979.
  • Hopkins, David. “Questioning Dada’s Potency: Picabia’s ‘La Sainte Vierge’ and the Dialogue with Duchamp.” Art History 15, No. 3 (September 1992): 317-333.
  • Legge, Elizabeth. “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Virgin: Francis Picabia’s La Sainte Vierge.” Word & Image 12, No. 2 (April–June 1996): 218-242.
  • Page, Suzanne, William Camfield, Annie Le Brun, Emmanuelle de l’Ecotais, et al., Francis Picabia: Singulier ideal. Paris: Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002.
  • Picabia, Francis. I Am a Beautiful Monster: Poetry Prose, and Provocation. Trans. Marc Lowenthal, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007. (ISBN 978-0-262-16243-2)
  • Pierre, Arnauld. Francis Picabia: La peinture sans aura. Paris: Gallimard, 2002.
  • Wilson, Sarah. "Francis Picabia: Accommodations of Desire - Transparencies 1924-1932." New York: Kent Fine Art, 1989. (ISBN 1-878607-04-9)
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