Francis Picabia. Plate (page 69) from Du Cubisme (On Cubism)

Francis Picabia

Plate (page 69) from Du Cubisme (On Cubism)

1907, published 1947

Drypoint from an illustrated book with seven etchings (two with engraving, one with drypoint, one with both), three drypoints, two aquatint and engravings, and a supplementary suite of twenty-two plates

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Author Albert Gleizes, Jean Metzinger
Medium Drypoint from an illustrated book with seven etchings (two with engraving, one with drypoint, one with both), three drypoints, two aquatint and engravings, and a supplementary suite of twenty-two plates
Dimensions plate: 7 1/16 × 5 1/8" (17.9 × 13 cm); page (each): 9 13/16 × 8 1/16" (25 × 20.5 cm)
Publisher Compagnie Française des Arts Graphiques, Paris
Edition 35
Credit The Louis E. Stern Collection
Object number 1102.1964.A09
Illustrated book Du Cubisme _(On Cubism)_
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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