Lot 722
  • 722

LÉONARD TSUGOUHARU FOUJITA | Portrait de jeune femme

Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 HKD
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Description

  • Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
  • Portrait de jeune femme
  • signed in Japanese and English, inscribed in English and dated 1939
  • watercolour and ink on paper
  • 27 by 24 cm; 10 ⅝ by 9 ⅜ in.

Provenance

Collection of the artist’s framer, Martin
Collection of Olivier Caillot
Private Collection
Galerie Petrides, Paris
Acquired directly from the above by the present private Asian collector

Exhibited

Tokyo, Odakyu Grande Galerie, Exposition Léonard Foujita, 31 October - 25 November 1986
Osaka, Galerie d'Art Daimaru, Exposition Léonard Foujita, 3 - 13 January 1987
Kyoto, Galerie d'Art Daimaru, Exposition Léonard Foujita, 22 January - 3 February 1987
Hiroshima, Musée Préfectoral d'Art de Hiroshima, Exposition Léonard Foujita, 7 February - 1 March 1987
Fukuoka, Musée Préfectoral d'Art de Fukuoka, Exposition Léonard Foujita, 3 March - 5 April 1987

Literature

Art Life, ed., Catalogue pour Exposition Léonard Foujita, Art Life, Ltd., Tokyo, 1986, plate 69
Sylvie Buisson, ed., Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita Vol. II, ACR Edition, Paris, 2001, plate 39.39, p. 361

Condition

The work is overall in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work is accompanied by certificates of authenticity issued by Galerie Petrides and Tokyo Art Club