Lot 366
  • 366

Tsuguharu Foujita

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
  • Jeune fille à la chaise
  • Signed T. Foujita and in Japanese (lower right)
  • Watercolor and pencil on paper
  • 8 1/4 by 6 1/4 in.
  • 21 by 16 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, France (and sold: Chambelland, Giafferi & Doutrebente, Paris, October 5, 2001, lot 140)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

Sylvie Buisson, Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, vol. II, Paris, 2001, no. 18.84, illustrated p. 165

Condition

This work is in excellent condition. Executed on Japan paper which is hinged to a mount at the upper right and upper left edges. There are some minor handling creases throughout the sheet. There are a couple horizontal creases to the left of the sitter noticeable under raking light. There is a pindot accretion to the sitter's right cheek.
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