Caoutchouc (Picabia)

Caoutchouc
ArtistFrancis Picabia
Yearc. 1909
MediumWatercolor, gouache and India ink on cardboard
Dimensions45.7 cm × 61.5 cm (18 in × 24.2 in)
LocationMusée National d'Art Moderne, Paris

Caoutchouc (English: Rubber) is a painting created circa 1909 by the French artist Francis Picabia. At the crossroads of Cubism and Fauvism, Caoutchouc is considered one of the first abstract works in Western painting.[1] The painting is in the collection of Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, in Paris.[2]