Lot 17
  • 17

Tsuguharu Foujita

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
  • La Prière, 1924
  • gouache, watercolour and ink on paper
  • Signed in Japanese Tsuguharu and signed in French Foujita center right
  • 34 x 27,8 cm ; 13 3/8 x 11 in.

Exhibited

Paris, Musée du Montparnasse, Foujita, Youki, Desnos, un amour surréaliste, April 7 - July 29, 2001
Koshi (travelling exhibition in Japan), La splendeur de Paris et ses artistes, 2002
Dinard, Palais des Arts et du Festival, Foujita, le Maître japonais de Montparnasse, June 27 - September 25, 2004, no. 54
Chilleurs-aux-Bois, Château de Chamerolles, Foujita et ses amis de Montparnasse, June 30 - September 19, 2010
Chilleurs-aux-Bois, Château de Chamerolles, Femmes artistes. Passions, Muses et Modèles, June 2 - September 2, 2012
Shizuoka, Shizuoka city museum of art (travelling exhibition in Japan), Léonard Foujita et Paris, 1913-1931 : le centenaire de son arrivée à Paris : Paris accueille et glorifie Foujita, 2013-2014, no. 62

Literature

Foujita et ses amis de Montparnasse, exhibition catalogue, Chilleurs-aux-Bois, Château de Chamerolles, June 30 - September 19, 2010, illustrated p. 81
Foujita, le Maître japonais de Montparnasse
, exhibition catalogue, Dinard, Palais des Arts et du Festival, June 27 - September 25, 2004, illustrated p. 74
Sylvie Buisson, Foujita. Inédits, Paris, 2007, no. C.24.166A, illustrated p. 130
Léonard Foujita et Paris, 1913-1931 : le centenaire de son arrivée à Paris : Paris accueille et glorifie Foujita, exhibition catalogue, Shizuoka, Shizuoka city museum of art (travelling exhibition in Japan), 2013-2014, illustrated p. 111

Condition

Executed on thin wove paper, laid down on card. The extreme edges are deckled. The sheet is slightly light-stained. This work is in good condition.
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