Francis Picabia. Plate (folio 12) from 591

Francis Picabia

Plate (folio 12) from 591

1952

Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with five offset lithographs

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Author Francis Picabia
Medium Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with five offset lithographs
Dimensions composition (irreg.): 9 3/4 × 6 3/8" (24.7 × 16.2 cm); sheet: 11 × 8 3/4" (28 × 22.3 cm)
Publisher Pierre André Benoit
Printer Pierre André Benoit
Edition 355
Credit Acquired through the generosity of the International Council of The Museum of Modern Art in memory of Richard E. Oldenburg
Object number 1158.2018.5
Illustrated book 591
Department Drawings and Prints

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Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia

French, 1879–1953 79 works online

In 1922, Francis Picabia wrote, “If you want to have clean ideas, change them like shirts.” Throughout his audacious and inventive career, which spanned almost 50 years and encompassed painting, performance, poetry, publishing, and film, Picabia lived out that prescription.

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