Espagnole
1926
Francis Picabia's 'Espagnole' from 1926 is a mixed media work on paper combining pencil, ink, and watercolour. This piece exemplifies Picabia's experimental approach to abstraction and form during the mid-1920s.
- Medium
- pencil, ink and watercolour on paper
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Art Impressionniste et Moderne Day Auction
April 12, 2023
Estimate: $18,000 to $25,000
Lot 201
Spotted works by Francis Picabia
Artists in conversation
Man Ray
American · b. 1890
Man Ray shared Picabia's Dada sensibility and created mixed media works on paper combining drawing, ink, and watercolour with whimsical figurative abstraction, producing playful yet experimental images of the human form during the same 1920s period.
Jean Cocteau
French · b. 1889
Cocteau produced elegant and witty figure drawings in pencil and ink on paper with a light whimsical touch very similar to Picabia's Espagnole, capturing stylised human forms with a modern, fluid line quality rooted in the Parisian avant garde scene of the 1920s.
Jules Pascin
Bulgarian · b. 1885
Pascin worked extensively with pencil, ink, and watercolour on paper to create loose, expressive figurative works with a delicate and slightly whimsical mood, closely mirroring the mixed media technique and modern figurative abstraction seen in Picabia's Espagnole.
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