The following is known about suicide.
In 1920, Paskin became an American citizen. He returned to Paris in October the same year and met his future mistress, Lucy Krohg, the wife of the Norwegian painter.
While his exhibitions were generally very well received, but the number of unfavorable reviews in 1930 for his exhibition at Kniedler galleries in New York, Pascin led to severe depression and alcoholism. After visiting his own exhibition in the prestigious gallery of Georges Petit, June 2, 1930, Paskin had committed suicide, cutting wrists and hanging himself in his studio in Montmartre. On the wall, he left a message written in his own blood, "Goodbye, my lost love, Lucy"
On the day of the funeral Pascin, all the galleries in Paris were closed.
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