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LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)

Lot 206
29.05.2023 13:00UTC +08:00
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ID 965885
Lot 206 | LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)
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HKD 1 800 000 – 2 800 000
LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)
Fillette au chat (Girl with Cat)
signed in Japanese, signed again and dated ‘Foujita 1929’ (lower left);
signed in Japanese, signed again and dated ‘Foujita 1929’ (on the stretcher)oil and pen and ink on canvas
35 x 26.5 cm (13 ¾ x 10 ½ in.)
Foujita, L.
Painted in 1929



Provenance

Private collection, France



Literature

N. Shimada & N. Senzoku (ed.), Exposition Léonard Foujita, exh. cat., Art Life, Tokyo, 1986 (illustrated, plate 52).

S. Buisson, Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita , Paris, 2001 (mentioned, p.412).

Maillol Museum, Foujita: Peindre dans les Années Folles, exh. cat., Paris, 2018 (illustrated, p.122).



Exhibited

Tokyo, Odakyu Grande Galerie, Exposition Léonard Foujita, 31 October – 25 November 1986. This exhibition later travelled to Osaka, Galerie d’Art Daimaru, 3 – 13 January 1987; Kyoto, Galerie d’art Daimaru, 22 January – 3 February 1987; Hiroshima, Musée Préfectoral d’Art de Hiroshima, 7 February – 1 March 1987; Fukuoka, Musée Préfectoral d’Art de Fukuoka, 3 March – 5 April 1987.

Paris, Museé de Montmartre, Léonard Foujita, 1987.

Paris, Museé de Montmartre, Modigliani et les ateliers de Montmartre, 1992.

Paris, Maillol Museum, Foujita: Peindre dans les Années Folles, March - July 2018.



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Sylvie Buisson has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Artist:Tsugouharu Foujita (1886 - 1968)
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia
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