Flitting in turn from impressionism to fauvism to cubism and then to dadaism, Picabia, creator of mechanical paintings, of monsters, of transparencies, was a permanent challenge to art dealers, collectors, scholars and critics who always try to stick a label on him.

Francis Picabia at the wheel of one of his many automobiles.

Dadart and the Centre du XX^e Siècle are selling a reprint of Picabia's famous Dada periodical, 391, with its critical apparatus, in two volumes, for 40 euros .

In October 1964, the Editions du Temps published the first comprehensive monograph on Francis Picabia, now out of print. On December 4th of that year, friends and relatives of Francis gathered around the author, Michel Sanouillet, at the Galerie Carré, to sign the first copy. Among them were: René Clair, Max Ernst, Gabrielle Buffet-Picaba, Olga Picabia, Jeannine Bailly-Cowell Picabia, Jean et Marguerite Arp, Simone Breton-Collinet, Robert Valançay, Rodrigo de Zayas, Maurice Henry, Frédéric Deloffre, Camille Bryen, André Dunoyer de Segonzac, Jean-Jacques Lebel.