The Collection of a Celebrity Hairdresser with a Passion for Picabia
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Eighteen works by Francis Picabia making their debut in the market tell of the friendship between Gérard Lenoir and Olga Mohler Picabia, and of a love at first sight for the elusive paintings of an extraordinary artist. Francis Picabia (1879-1953), Transparency, Apollo, oil on board and pencil on paper, with an intaglio signature, "Picabia", on the bottom left and the date "1926", 81 x 50 cm/31.9 x 19.7 in.Estimate: €120,000/180,000 It was in the late 1950s that Gérard Lenoir (1930-2002) met Olga Mohler Picabia (1905-2002). He was known as "François" in his Avenue Raymond-Poincaré hair salon in the 16th arrondissement, where Parisian high society flocked. His