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Francis Picabia - Women’s head, 

Circa 1942

29 x 23 cm

Graphite on paper, small dots of gouache in the eyes

Signed lower left "Francis Picabia"

Recent Certificate of Authenticity from the Picabia Comity. 

From a private collection in French Britanny

This drawing on thin paper is a very beautiful 1940's Hedy Lamarr presumed portrait drawn by the artist from magazine or movie. 

The portrait is most probably Heidi Lamarr with short hair (you can recognize her face traits on the photography of the actress below).