Lot 223
  • 223

Tsuguharu Foujita

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
  • Le Pétit pekinois
  • Signed Foujita and in Japanese and dated 1924 (center right & on the stretcher)
  • Oil and pen and ink on canvas
  • 13 by 9 1/2 in.
  • 33.2 by 24.1 cm

Provenance

Galerie du Centaure, Brussels
Private Collection, Ghent (acquired from the above in 1924)
Acquired from the above

Exhibited

Brussels, Galerie du Centaure, Exposition T. Foujita, 1924, no. 7

Condition

This work is in overall very good condition. The canvas is unlined and very well preserved. The surface is clean and unvarnished. Under UV light: three small spots of varnish along the lower edge, otherwise fine.
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