L'oeil de la langue

Francis Picabia (1878-1953) L'oeil de la langue signed 'Francis Picabia' (lower right), and inscribed 'l'art est/l'art est' (centre left), 'chaude' (upper centre left), 'petit oiseau' (upper right) and 'l'oeil de la langue' (lower right) pen and ink on paper 5½ x 7½in. (13 x 19.1cm.) Executed between 1917 and 1920