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LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA | Portrait of Gaston Périer
Estimate
1,500,000 - 3,000,000 HKD
Sold
4,000,000 HKD
bidding is closed
Description
- Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
- Portrait of Gaston Périer
- signed in Japanese and English, dated 1922; signed, inscribed in Japanese and English, dated 1922 on the reverse
- oil on canvas
- 95 by 76.5 cm; 37 ⅜ by 30 ⅛ in.
Provenance
Private Belgian Collection
Pierre Berge & Associes, Brussels, 6 December 2010, Lot 301
Acquired directly from the above by the present private European collector
Pierre Berge & Associes, Brussels, 6 December 2010, Lot 301
Acquired directly from the above by the present private European collector
Exhibited
Loiret, Castle of Chamerolles, Foujita et ses amis de Montparnasse, 30 June - 19 September 2010
Literature
Sylvie & Dominique Buisson, ed., Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita Vol. II, ACR Edition, Paris, 2001, plate 22.17, p.184
Sylvie Buisson, ed., Foujita et ses amis de Montparnasse, Editions Alternatives, Paris, 2010, p.78
Sylvie Buisson, ed., Foujita et ses amis de Montparnasse, Editions Alternatives, Paris, 2010, p.78
Catalogue Note
This work is accompanied by the African wooden sculpture and the two books L'Anthologie Negro from Gaston Périer's collection appeared on the painting, and a certificate of authenticity issued by Sylvie Buisson