Nature morte aux poissons

Details

LÉONARD TSUGARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)
Nature morte aux poissons
signed and dated 'Tsuguharu' in Japanese and 'Foujita 1932' (lower right), and inscribed 'à Tito et Tita' (upper right)
watercolour on silk
11 x 5 1⁄2 in. (28 x 39.5 cm.; irregular)
Executed in 1932

Provenance

Private collection, Bolivia, by whom probably acquired directly from the artist in 1932.
Óscar Crespo Alborta, La Paz, by whom acquired circa 1990.
Private collection, Bolivia; sale, Christie's, London, 28 February 2019, lot 220.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

S. Buisson, Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, vol. II, Paris, 2001, no. 32.140, p. 329 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).

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.