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Francis Picabia
La Blonde
ca. 1940-46
Michael Werner, New York
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Francis Picabia

GORGONS IN DISGUISE: PICABIA'S WOMEN
by Donald Kuspit

. . . we are a few men who, every morning on waking up, would like to consult Picabia as a marvelous barometer showing atmospheric changes during the night.
-- André Breton,
“Francis Picabia,” 1922(1)

This painter [Cézanne] has the brains of a fruit vendor. . . . If we had been under other influences [than Cézanne’s], maybe we wouldn’t have eaten so many apples.

-- Francis Picabia,
with André Breton’s comment, 1934(2)

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