Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)

La jeune fille aux pommes de terre

Details

Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
La jeune fille aux pommes de terre
signed and inscribed 'Foujita Paris' (lower right); signed and inscribed again, dated and inscribed 'Foujita Paris 1952 "Pomme de terre"' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
13 x 9½ in. (33 x 24.1 cm.)
Painted in 1952

Provenance

Galerie Paul Pétridès, Paris.
Paul and Julia Child, Paris (acquired from the above, June 1952).
Acquired from the family of the above by the present owner, circa 2008.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Paul Pétridès, Foujita, June 1952, no. 32.

Sale room notice

Please note the present lot is not recorded in the referenced literature.

This lot will travel to Paris immediately following the sale to obtain a certificate of authenticity from Sylvie Buisson.

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Lot Essay

Julia Child, the beloved American chef, author and television personality, was the second owner of this painting. Her husband, Paul, gave this work to her while the couple lived in Paris. La jeune fille aux pommes de terre hung in their home from the year it was painted in 1952 until Child's death in 2004.

(fig. 1) Photograph of Julia Child, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle in the Child's kitchen, with the present work in the background. Photograph by Paul Child, 8 March 1953.

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