Lot 37
  • 37

Tsuguharu Foujita 1886-1968

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
  • L'Homme au Chapeau Melon
  • signed T. Foujita and inscribed in Japanese (lower left)
  • pen and ink and watercolor on paper
  • sheet: 6 3/4 by 6 1/8 in.
  • 17.3 by 15.5 cm.
  • executed circa 1915

Provenance

Fidelity International Bank

Condition

overall good condition, sheet slightly curled, colors possibly slightly muted, two paper hinges to upper corners of reverse
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Catalogue Note

This work will be included in the forthcoming volume IV of the catalogue raisonné by prepared by Madame Sylvie Buisson.  This work will be accompanied by a photocertificate from Madame Buisson dated September 9, 2007.