L'Ambition
vers 1926
L'Ambition
vers 1926
"l long ago saw everything and in nature there is only one thing that counts for me, that is the sun". (Picabia)
ln 1925 Picabia made a decisive change in his living conditions and the style of his painting when he moved to Mougins, near Cannes, in the south of France. L'Ambition [Ambition] is part of a group of drawings shown in Picabia's first exhibition in Cannes at the Cercle Nautique [Water Sports Circle] in 1927, in the midst of tens of drawings from the Espagnoles (Spanish Women) series. As ever with the artist, the work is a testament to the secret reassembling of exogenous forms [here, a catalogue of ancient statues], leading to an unstable scene with acrobats and putti.
| Domain | Dessin |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Aquarelle, encre, crayon et mine graphite sur papier |
| Dimensions | 41 x 25,4 cm |
| Acquisition | Don de M. Frank Destribats, 2021 |
| Inventory no. | AM 2021-836 |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Francis Picabia (Francis Martinez de Picabia, dit)
(1879, France - 1953, France) |
|---|---|
| Main title | L'Ambition |
| Creation date | vers 1926 |
| Domain | Dessin |
| Techniques | Aquarelle, encre, crayon et mine graphite sur papier |
| Dimensions | 41 x 25,4 cm |
| Inscriptions | S.B.G. : Francis Picabia |
| Acquisition | Don de M. Frank Destribats, 2021 |
| Collection area | Cabinet d'art graphique |
| Inventory no. | AM 2021-836 |
