Lot 721
  • 721

LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA | Portrait de jeune femme aux yeux bleus

Estimate
100,000 - 200,000 HKD
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Description

  • Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
  • Portrait de jeune femme aux yeux bleus
  • signed in Japanese and English, inscribed in French and dated 1930
  • watercolour and pencil on paper
  • 27 by 19.2 cm; 10 ⅝ by 7 ½ in. 

Provenance

Collection of Monsieur Villar, France (Gifted by the artist in 1930)
Private French Collection
Acquired directly from the above by the former owner
Private Asian Collection

Condition

The work is overall in good condition, with very light frame mark along the edges of the paper. As in its original condition, the left edge is unevenly cut.
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Catalogue Note

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sylvie Buisson This work will be included in the artist's forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné prepared by Sylvie Buisson, Leonard-Tsuguharu Foujita IV (No.D30.175.D)