ABOUT
In 1936, Olga Picabia undertook extensive documentation of Francis Picabia’s work through the creation of the Album Picabia. This foundational project reflects her commitment to preserving the artist’s legacy and promoting a deeper understanding of her husband’s life and artwork.
Building on this initiative, and with the support of specialists and art historians, she founded in 1990 the Comité Picabia Association, whose mission is to preserve, study, and promote the work of Francis Picabia.
Today, the Committee is responsible for the conservation, management, and study of the artist’s archives and those of his entourage, as well as the authentication of his artworks. It contributes to research, dissemination, and a greater understanding of Francis Picabia’s work among scholars, institutions, collectors, and, more broadly, all those with an interest in his work.
Submit an artwork
Francis Picabia research
The Comité Picabia would be grateful to receive information, photographs and documentation from all owners of works by Francis Picabia.
Comité Picabia meeting
We would like to inform you that our next meeting is scheduled for
October 1st, 2026
submission, please contact us by email at comite@picabia.com
Methodology
The catalogue raisonné is planned in four volumes, organized chronologically and covering all artistic mediums.
The chronology of the different volumes is as follows: volume I (1898-1914); volume II (1915-1927); volume III (1927-1939) and volume IV (1940-1953).
These volumes are published individually, each featuring a representative sample of Picabia's works on paper.
The majority of drawings and prints, as well as paintings accepted for the catalogue after the publication of the initial four volumes, will appear in an additional volume.
Although we have endeavored to make this catalogue as complete as possible, it will not include all of Picabia's work. Some works have been lost, destroyed, or reworked by the artist. Others belong to collections unknown to us, still others are known to us, but require additional research or direct examination before any decision relating to their inclusion in the catalogue raisonné
Though this be madness,
yet there is method in't
-Shakespeare, Hamlet (ActeII, Scène II)
News
Picabia
Modernity without borders
This summer, from London to Céret, two exibitions highlight the work and influence of Francis Picabia
FRANCIS PICABIA
EXPANDING HORIZONS
Mai 21 – August 1st, 2026
HAUSER & WIRTH - London
PICABIA MÉDITERRANÉE
Picasso, Delaunay, Laurencin...
June 27 – Novembre 29, 2026
Céret - Musée d'art moderne
See also
Catalogue Raisonné Vol. I
Catalogue Raisonné Vol. II
Catalogue Raisonné Vol. III
Catalogue Raisonné Vol. IV
This is not a family album.
Nor a catalogue raisonné. It is, above all, an album dé-raisonné, the collage of a life discreetly annotated by its author. It is the reproduction of Olga Mohler Picabia’s world, based on her mentor and great love, Francis Picabia. A variation on the theme of Pygmalion, it offers an intimate and sensitive intaglio portrait of the artist, sometimes surprising and often deeply moving, as seen through Olga’s eyes.
