Lot 727
  • 727

LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA | Portrait de Nicole

Estimate
30,000 - 60,000 HKD
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Description

  • Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
  • Portrait de Nicole
  • inscribed in Japanese
  • pencil on tracing paper
  • 24.8 by 16.5 cm; 9 ¾ by 6 ½ in.

Provenance

Collection of Kimiyo Foujita
Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 27 March 2013, Lot 489
Private Asian Collection

Exhibited

Tokyo, Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Léonard Foujita et ses modèles, 17 September 2016 - 15 January 2017
Iwaki, Iwaki City Art Museum, Léonard Foujita et ses modèles, 14 April - 28 May 2017
Niigata, Bandaijima Museum, Léonard Foujita et ses modèles, 24 June - 3 September 2017
Akita, Akita Museum of Art, Léonard Foujita et ses modèles, 9 September - 12 November 2017

Literature

Léonard Foujita et ses modèles, Curators Inc., Tokyo, 2016, p. 69

Condition

The work is overall in good condition. As in its original condition, there are some pinholes at the top left corner of the paper.
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