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On this episode of Replica Shoes ’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.

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Francis Picabia

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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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