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The Museum of Avant-garde

Francis Picabia

Picabia studied art at the École des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. After initial Impressionist period, he moved to Cubism. In 1911 he met Marcel Duchamp, with whom he started a long friendship and founded the Section d’Or group. Picabia constant experimentation led him to explore also Orphism. In 1915 he travelled to New York and with Duchamp and Man Ray brought the Dada movement in US, producing his machinist paintings and contributing to Stieglitz’s Gallery 291 review. In 1916 he settled in Barcelona and he published his own 391 Journal. In these years he joined various Dada groups in Paris and Zurich and produced his Transparency series, until he felt the movement has exhausted his capacity to surprise. From 1925 he remained in Cannes for twenty years, taking on commercial work to face the austerity of the war. He continued to work on more abstract paintings until his health deteriorated and forced him to give up art in 1951. He died two years later.
Enrico Prampolini / Walter Serner / Paul Éluard / Max Ernst / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara / Theo Van Doesburg / Piet Mondriaan

Bleu

Magazine / Letterpress / 25 x 37 cm / Mantova, 1920-1921

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Jean Crotti / André Breton / Francis Picabia

La pomme de Pins

Magazine / Letterpress / 28.5 x 38.1 cm / Saint-Raphael, 1922

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Philippe Soupault / André Breton / Paul Éluard / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Projecteur

Magazine / Letterpress / 22.9 x 9.9 cm / Paris, 1920

André Breton / René Magritte / Francis Picabia

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Journal de l' instantanéisme / Magazine / Letterpress / 27.3 x 36.6 cm / Paris, 1924 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Marius de Zayas / Francis Picabia

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Âne / Magazine / Letterpress / 26.7 x 37.1 cm / New York, 1917 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Paul Joostens / Jozef Peeters / Jean Crotti / Paul Éluard / Lajos Kassák / Francis Picabia / Theo Van Doesburg

Ça Ira!

Revue mensuelle d’art et de critique / Magazine / Letterpress / 22 x 28.5 / 14 x 22 / Antwerp, 1920-1923

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Francis Picabia

Journal des hivernants

Magazine / 24.5 x 31.5 cm / Cannes, 1927 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

André Breton / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

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Calendrier cinéma du coeur abstrait / Magazine / Letterpress / 38.4 x 55.8 cm / Paris, 1920 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Francis Picabia

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Flamenca / Magazine / Letterpress / 27 x 37.4 cm / Barcelona, 1917 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Americaine / Magazine / Letterpress / 26.6 x 37.5 cm / New York, 1917 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Francis Picabia

Societé des artistes indépendants

Tract-manifesto / Letterpress / 27 x 22 cm / Paris, 1920 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Philippe Soupault / André Breton / Marcel Duchamp / Paul Éluard / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

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Au pluriel / Magazine / Letterpress / 37.8 x 57.3 cm / Paris, 1920 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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André Breton / Francis Picabia

Quelques oeuvres de Picabia

Gallery catalogue / 21.4 x 26.6 cm / Paris, 1951 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Hannah Höch / Vilmos Huszár / Francis Picabia / Kurt Schwitters / Theo Van Doesburg

Merz 1

Holland Dada / Magazine / Letterpress / 14.3 x 21.9 cm / Hannover, 1923 / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Paul Nougé / Jean Arp / René Magritte / Francis Picabia / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) / Tristan Tzara

Marie

Journal bimensuel pour la belle jeunesse / Bi-monthly journal / 24.2 x 32.3 cm / Bruxelles, 1926-1927

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Ballet mécanique / Magazine / Letterpress / 26.7 x 37 cm / New York, 1917 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Erwin Blumenfeld / John Heartfield / Hannah Höch / Richard Hülsenbeck / Raoul Hausmann / Francis Picabia

Der Dada 3

Magazine / Letterpress / 15.9 x 23.9 cm / Berlin, 1919 / © 2020 Raoul Hausmann / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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Jean Arp / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

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Construction moléculaire / Magazine / Letterpress / 27.4 x 44.1 cm / Zürich, 1919 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Guillaume Apollinaire / Marcel Janco / Enrico Prampolini / Hans Richter / Philippe Soupault / Pierre Albert-Birot / Vicente Huidobro / Jean Arp / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Dada 3

Magazine / Letterpress / 23.8 x 31.4 cm / Zürich, 1918

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Guillaume Apollinaire / Francis Picabia

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Roulette / Magazine / Letterpress / 27 x 37.2 cm / Barcelona, 1917 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Exposition Dada Francis Picabia

Exhibition catalogue / 12.5 x 16.3 cm / Paris, 1920 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Francis Picabia

Theatre des Champs Elysées: Ballets Suedois

Programme / Letterpress / 16.3 x 23 cm / Paris, 1924 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

André Breton / Marcel Duchamp / Francis Picabia / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)

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Black and white / Magazine / Letterpress / 28 x 37.7 cm / Paris, 1924 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

André Breton / Francis Picabia / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)

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L'Étoile au front / Magazine / Letterpress / 27.7 x 37.7 cm / Paris, 1924 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Peigne / Magazine / Letterpress / 27 x 37.3 cm / Barcelona, 1917 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Paul Joostens / Jean Arp / Max Ernst / René Magritte / Francis Picabia / Kurt Schwitters / Tristan Tzara

Œsophage

Magazine / Letterpress / 22.4 x 28.4 cm / Bruxelles, 1925

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Francis Picabia

Moi, Pierre de Massot

Tract-manifesto / Letterpress / 20.4 x 26.9 cm / Paris, 1922 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Francis Picabia

Funny-guy

Tract-manifesto / Letterpress / 24.5 x 32 cm / Paris, 1921 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Guillaume Apollinaire / Jean Arp / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

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La bicyclette archevêque / Magazine / Letterpress / 38 x 55.8 cm / Paris, 1919 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Marcel Duchamp / Francis Picabia

Tableaux aquarelles dessins par F. Picabia

Catalogue / 15.7 x 23.9 cm / Paris, 1923 / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Sept manifestes Dada

Illustrated book / Letterpress / 13.7 x 19 cm / Paris, 1924 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Richard Hülsenbeck / Philippe Soupault / Jean Arp / André Breton / Paul Éluard / Max Ernst / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Calendrier 20

Magazine / 22.9 x 19.5 cm / Paris, 1919

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Richard Hülsenbeck / Philippe Soupault / Jean Arp / André Breton / Paul Éluard / Max Ernst / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Dadameter

Die Schammade / Magazine / Letterpress with woodcuts / 22.9 x 29.4 cm / Berlin, 1920 / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany

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Beatrice Wood / Marcel Duchamp / Francis Picabia / Alfred Stieglitz

The blind man

Periodical / 21 x 27.8 cm / New York, 1917 / © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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Philippe Soupault / Jean Arp / André Breton / Paul Éluard / Max Ernst / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Proverbe

Feuille mensuelle pour la justification des mots / Journal / Letterpress / 13.9 x 21.4 cm / Paris, 1920-1921

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Jean Cocteau / Philippe Soupault / André Breton / Marcel Duchamp / Paul Éluard / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Cannibale 2

Magazine / Letterpress / 15.7 x 23.9 cm / Paris, 1920 / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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Francis Picabia

Plus de cubisme, plus de dadaisme

Tract-manifesto / Letterpress / 19.5 x 24.9 cm / Paris, 1922 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Marius de Zayas / Marcel Duchamp / Francis Picabia / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)

Rongwrong

Journal / Letterpress with photomechanical metal relief images / 20.4 x 27.8 cm / New Brunswick, 1917

Wyndham Lewis / Umberto Boccioni / Georges Vantongerloo / Jean Crotti / Jean Arp / Paul Éluard / Max Ernst / Raoul Hausmann / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti / László Moholy-Nagy / Francis Picabia / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) / Kurt Schwitters / Tristan Tzara / Theo Van Doesburg / Piet Mondriaan

Mécano

Magazine / Letterpress / Various sizes / Leiden, 1922-1924

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Exposition Francis Picabia

Exhibition catalogue / 12.8 x 19.7 cm / Paris, 1922 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Guillaume Apollinaire / Sándor Bortnyik / Jean Cocteau / Philippe Soupault / Béla Uitz / Jean Arp / Paul Éluard / Lajos Kassák / El Lissitzky (Lazar Markovich Lissitzky) / László Moholy-Nagy / Francis Picabia / Kurt Schwitters

MA 2

Magazine / Silkscreen print / 29.9 x 30.7 cm / Budapest / Vienne, 1916-1925

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Superréalisme / Magazine / Letterpress / 28 x 38.1 cm / Paris, 1924 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Philippe Soupault / André Breton / Francis Picabia / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) / Tristan Tzara

Littérature

Magazine / Letterpress / 18.2 x 23.6 cm / Paris, 1919-1922 / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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Jean Cocteau / Jean Crotti / Walter Serner / Jean Arp / Paul Éluard / Francis Picabia / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) / Tristan Tzara

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Dieu nous aide et fait pousser le caca / Magazine / Letterpress / 32.6 x 49.2 cm / Paris, 1924 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Marcel Duchamp / Francis Picabia / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) / Tristan Tzara

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Ce numéro est entouré d'une dentelle rose / Magazine / Letterpress / 32.6 x 49.6 cm / Paris, 1920 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Philippe Soupault / André Breton / Paul Éluard / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Cannibale 1

Magazine / Letterpress / 15.7 x 23.9 cm / Paris, 1920 / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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Jean Cocteau / Jean Crotti / Christian Schad / Walter Serner / Marcel Duchamp / Francis Picabia

Le Pilhaou-Thibaou

Supplément illustré de “391” / Magazine / 25 x 31.9 cm / Paris, 1921 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Jean Cocteau / Michel Seuphor / André Breton / Francis Picabia

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50 Ans de plaisirs par Michel Tapié / Journal / Letterpress / 50.2 x 65.6 cm / Paris, 1949 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

André Breton / Paul Éluard / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Bulletin Dada

Journal / Letterpress / 27.9 x 37.8 cm / Paris, 1920

Francis Picabia

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Novia au premier occupant / Magazine / Letterpress / 27 x 37.1 cm / Barcelona, 1917 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Jean Cocteau / Philippe Soupault / Jean Arp / André Breton / Max Ernst / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Dada Phone 7

Journal / Letterpress / 18.8 x 28.1 cm / Paris, 1920 / © 2020 Christophe Tzara

Marius de Zayas / Francis Picabia / Alfred Stieglitz

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Ici, c’est ici Steglitz. Foi et amour / Magazine / Letterpress / 28.6 x 43.5 cm / New York, 1915 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Jean Cocteau / Richard Hülsenbeck / Hans Richter / Philippe Soupault / Jean Arp / André Breton / Raoul Hausmann / Wassily Kandinsky / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara / Paul Klee

Anthologie Dada

Dada 4-5 / Journal / Letterpress with original woodcuts and lithographs / 19 x 28.2 cm / Zürich, 1919

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Richard Hülsenbeck / Philippe Soupault / Paul Citroen / Vicente Huidobro / Jean Arp / Raoul Hausmann / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Dada Almanach

Illustrated book / Letterpress / 13.5 x 20 cm / Berlin, 1920

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