Lot Essay
Executed in 1917
Details
Tsjguji Foujita (1886-1968)
Femme dans une Barque
signed, inscribed and dated lower right T. Foujita Paris 1917, gouache on paper
7½ x 14 1/8in. (19 x 36cm.)
Femme dans une Barque
signed, inscribed and dated lower right T. Foujita Paris 1917, gouache on paper
7½ x 14 1/8in. (19 x 36cm.)
Provenance
Albert Adès, Paris, a gift from the artist in 1917, and thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
J. Warnod, Les Artistes de Montparnasse, Paris, 1988, p. 148 (illustrated)
Foujita gave this work to Albert Adès in 1917 as a token of thanks for writing the preface for the catalogue of his exhibition at the Galerie la Licorne, Paris
Foujita gave this work to Albert Adès in 1917 as a token of thanks for writing the preface for the catalogue of his exhibition at the Galerie la Licorne, Paris
Exhibited
Paris, Grand Palais, Salon d'Automne, La grande Aventure de Montparnasse 1912-1932, Nov. 1986