Lot Essay
This work was executed as part of a collaborative project between Foujita and Mumm & Co., the champagne producer, during the artist's stay in Reims.
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Vierge sur le tonneau dans le vignoble champenois
Details
Tsuguji Foujita (1886-1968)
Vierge sur le tonneau dans le vignoble champenois
signed, inscribed and dated 'Vierge à la Vigne/croquis pour Mumm & Co./Foujita/le 21 6-59' (lower right), signed again 'Foujita/Reims' (lower centre)
pencil on tracing paper
21 5/8 x 13¼in. (55 x 33.5cm.)
Vierge sur le tonneau dans le vignoble champenois
signed, inscribed and dated 'Vierge à la Vigne/croquis pour Mumm & Co./Foujita/le 21 6-59' (lower right), signed again 'Foujita/Reims' (lower centre)
pencil on tracing paper
21 5/8 x 13¼in. (55 x 33.5cm.)
Provenance
Given by the artist to the father of the present owner
Literature
S. Buisson & D. Buisson, La vie et l'oeuvre de Léonard -Tsuguharu Foujita, Paris 1987, no. 59.31, p.526 (illus)
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