Lot 144
  • 144

Tsuguharu Foujita 1886-1968

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
  • Femme Nue Allongee
  • Plate: 407 by 583mm; 16 by 23in
  • Sheet: 527 by 720mm; 20¾ by 28¼in
Etching and aquatint with roulette printed in colours, circa 1930, signed in pencil, numbered 6/100, on chine collé mounted on japan, with wide margins, in good condition apart from occasional fox marks, pale light-staining and paper discoloration, particularly to edges of sheet

Condition

In good condition as catalogued. The mentioned occasional minor fox marks to the image. Pale light staining between the image and the plate mark. Pale paper discoloration to the margins, particularly to the left and right edge. The margins possibly reduced.
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