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Lot Essay
This work is sold with a photo-certificate from Sylvie Buisson and will be included in her catalogue raisonné, vol. III, under no. C.26.209.A.
The cat is a recurrent motif in Foujita's oeuvre, whether it is depicted by itself or with other figures. From 1926, Foujita included this witty tiger-cat, certainly his cat Miké, in his self-portraits as his studio companion. Referring to traditional Japanese iconography, the cat is an alter ego of the artist, and represents his concentration and isolation during the artistic process.
fig. 1. Foujita and his cat, Paris, 1928
The cat is a recurrent motif in Foujita's oeuvre, whether it is depicted by itself or with other figures. From 1926, Foujita included this witty tiger-cat, certainly his cat Miké, in his self-portraits as his studio companion. Referring to traditional Japanese iconography, the cat is an alter ego of the artist, and represents his concentration and isolation during the artistic process.
fig. 1. Foujita and his cat, Paris, 1928