Francis Picabia, 1915

291, no. 5-6 Francis Picabia, 1915 PICABIA, Francis (1879-1953). 291, no. 5-6. Paris: 1915. Rare example of the most famous issue of 291, reproducing five "mechanical portraits" by Picabia. The title image depicts Alfred Stieglitz and this work also includes the "Portrait d'une jeune fille américaine dans l'état de nudité" as a sparkplug. Six folio pages, unfolded to a total size of 420 x 847mm (sight size). Offset lithograph in colors, printed on japon paper. Matted (unexamined outside of mat). Unfolded sheet: 16½ x 33¼ in, (420 x 847 mm.)