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Mise au tombeau
Details
Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
Mise au tombeau
signed 'T. Foujita' and signed again and inscribed 'Paris' in Japanese (lower right)
oil and gold leaf on canvas
31 7/8 x 39¼in. (80.6 x 100cm.)
Painted in 1919
Mise au tombeau
signed 'T. Foujita' and signed again and inscribed 'Paris' in Japanese (lower right)
oil and gold leaf on canvas
31 7/8 x 39¼in. (80.6 x 100cm.)
Painted in 1919
Provenance
Gustave Fayet, by whom acquired before April 1924, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's London, 26 June 1991, lot 148.
Literature
Charensol, 'Chez M. Gustave Fayet', Paris-Journal, 18 April 1924, no. 2497, p. 5 (described as 'une mise au tombeau de Foujita').
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