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Les trois danseuses
Details
Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
Les trois danseuses
signed 'T. Foujita' and signed again in Japanese (lower left)
gouache, pastel, watercolour, gold leaf, pen and India ink, and pencil on Japan paper laid down on board
14 5/8 x 18 in. (37.2 x 45.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1918
Les trois danseuses
signed 'T. Foujita' and signed again in Japanese (lower left)
gouache, pastel, watercolour, gold leaf, pen and India ink, and pencil on Japan paper laid down on board
14 5/8 x 18 in. (37.2 x 45.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1918
Provenance
Acquired in Paris in the 1920s; sale, Christie's, London, 20 May 1998, lot 15.
Anonymous sale, Tajan, Paris, 4 August 1998, lot 28.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Paris, 1 December 2006, lot 336.
Acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, London, 5 February 2009, lot 113.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Tajan, Paris, 4 August 1998, lot 28.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Paris, 1 December 2006, lot 336.
Acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, London, 5 February 2009, lot 113.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
S. Buisson & D. Buisson, La vie et l'oeuvre de Léonard-Tsuguharu Foujita, Paris, 1987, no. 18.46 (illustrated p. 354; measurements incorrect).
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.
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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