Artist: Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (Japanese/French, 1886 - 1968).
Title: "Portrait de jeune femme".
Medium: Watercolor and ink drawing on paper.
Date: Composed c1931.
Dimensions: Overall size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (317 x 235 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed lower right, recto; unidentified ink stamp, lower right corner, recto; gallery and collector ink stamps, verso; the date '10-08-1931' ink stamp, verso. Drawn on pale cream medium-weight wove paper. Good to very good condition; irregular mat satin all four edges; a few scattered fox marks; several minor handling dimples; minor soft creasing; overall, presents very well. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to:
[email protected] for complete provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): A work by Foujita, ‘Portrait de jeune femme,’ comparable to our example in composition, size, medium, and year of creation, sold for $60,570 (HKD 475,000) at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, October 6, 2019, lot #722. Foujita, born in Tokyo, Japan, applied Japanese ink techniques to Western style paintings. His portraits of cats are especially well known. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30505-2-24000]
