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Manifesting His Most Memorable Sale | Thomas Bompard Tells His Sotheby's Story

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Manifesting His Most Memorable Sale | Thomas Bompard Tells His Sotheby's Story

On this episode of Sotheby’s Stories, it’s 2018 in Los Angeles when Thomas Bompard falls in love—not with a person, but with a painting. “Pavonia” by Francis Picabia stops him in his tracks… and the owner promptly says no. Then says it again. And again.

View 1 of Lot 5: Pavonia
Lot
Francis Picabia
Pavonia
16 March 2022 | Sale price: 9,996,700 EUR
Surrealism and Its Legacy
16 March 2022 | 6:00 PM CET | Paris

But Thomas isn’t the type to take no for an answer—not when it comes to art, and definitely not when it comes to Picabia.

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