Autoportrait dans l'atelier

Details

Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
Autoportrait dans l'atelier
signed 'Foujita' (centre right) and signed in Japanese and dated '1923' (centre left)
pencil on tracing paper
15 1/8 x 10 3/4 in. (39.4 x 27.4 cm.)
Drawn in Paris in 1923

Provenance

Acquired by the family of the present owner in the 1920s, and thence by descent.

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.

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Lot Essay

This work is sold with a photo-certificate from Sylvie Buisson.

This drawing is a preparation for the etching published by Ambroise Vollard in 1923 (Buisson 23.22), evidenced in the cross-hatching
technique reminiscent of the technique used for etchings.

According to Sylvie Buisson, the portrait incorporates symbolic references: the clock represents time and space, and the scissors represent Foujita’s exile from Japan.

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