Femmes

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LEONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)
Femmes
the complete portfolio comprising six colour etchings with aquatint and roulette, an additional suite, and an original drawing, 1930, the deluxe edition, with justification, signed and numbered, copy number IV/VI (the standard edition without the addition suite and drawing was one hundred), published by Apollo Editions Artistiques, Paris, 1930, the first suite on Chine appliqué on Japon Impériale paper, the additional suite on Japon Ancien paper, each plate signed, dated and numbered in pencil, the original ink and pencil drawing heightened in watercolour, signed and dated in black ink at lower right, dedicated à Monsieur André Kahn/En Souvenir in black ink on the justification, the full sheets, one plate slightly attenuated, otherwise the colours very fresh, occasional scattered foxing, generally in good condition, the drawing with pale light-staining, loose (as issued), within the original paper mounts, with blue morocco boards, the drawing and one plate framed (portfolio + two frames)

755 x 555 mm. (portfolio)
735 x 515 mm. (drawing)
(13)

Provenance

Private collection, Paris; acquired from the artist
Then by descent.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

The drawing in this lot is accompanied by a certificate issued by Sylvie Buisson confirming the authenticity, numbered 30.126.

This set has been requested for loan to the exhibition Foujita et les riches heures du Montparnasse which will take place at the Maillol Museum, Paris, in the spring of 2018.

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