Lot 234
  • 234

Tsuguharu Foujita

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
  • Fleurs
  • Oil on canvas
  • 18 3/8 by 24 3/8 in.
  • 46.8 by 61.9 cm

Provenance

Kimiyo Horiuchi Foujita, Paris (by descent from the artist)

Condition

Canvas has not been lined. The pigments are fresh and the surface has been well-preserved. There is some very minor stable craquelure to the white background pigment which is most notable in the lower right corner and the upper center. Small spot of paint-loss in extreme lower right corner. Under UV: some original pigments fluoresce but no there is no apparent in-painting.
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