Colloque
1926 - 1928
Colloque
1926 - 1928
The decorative idiom of Colloque [Symposium] places it in the same vein as Monstres [Monsters], in the colourful style that Picabia was in the process of leaving in order to make his first Transparencies.
Like the representation of a reclining female silhouette, the line-drawn figures date from the period of works made in 1924. The artist juxtaposed a sailor figure with doubled eyes in a pastiche of a child's drawing, alongside a head of Christ tram a Catalan Roman fresco copied from a guide to the collections of the Ciudadela Museum in Barcelona. The vocabulary of dots, chevrons, diamonds, rectangles and serpentine forms completes this astonishing composition of juxtaposed styles.
| Domain | Dessin |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Gouache, aquarelle et mine graphite sur papier |
| Dimensions | 50 x 65 cm |
| Acquisition | Don anonyme en 2021 |
| Inventory no. | AM 2021-837 |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Francis Picabia (Francis Martinez de Picabia, dit)
(1879, France - 1953, France) |
|---|---|
| Main title | Colloque |
| Creation date | 1926 - 1928 |
| Domain | Dessin |
| Techniques | Gouache, aquarelle et mine graphite sur papier |
| Dimensions | 50 x 65 cm |
| Inscriptions | S.B.M. : Francis Picabia |
| Acquisition | Don anonyme en 2021 |
| Collection area | Cabinet d'art graphique |
| Inventory no. | AM 2021-837 |
