Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
La fête d'anniversaire
Found at
Bonhams,
London
Impressionist and Modern Art, Lot 18
11. Oct - 11. Oct 2018
Impressionist and Modern Art, Lot 18
11. Oct - 11. Oct 2018
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
La fête d'anniversaire
signed, inscribed and dated 'Foujita 1949 NYC' (centre left); signed 'Tsuguharu' in Japanese and further signed, inscribed and dated 'Foujita New York June 1949 79 hours' (verso); signed and dated '1949 Foujita' (the artist's frame)
oil on canvas with the artist's frame
76.5 x 101.7cm (30 1/8 x 40 1/16in); 91.6 x 116.5cm (36 1/16 x 45 7/8in) (with the artist's frame)
Painted in New York in June 1949
Galerie Paul Pétrides, Paris. | Acquired from the above by the previous owner (8 April 1950). | Thence by descent.
signed, inscribed and dated 'Foujita 1949 NYC' (centre left); signed 'Tsuguharu' in Japanese and further signed, inscribed and dated 'Foujita New York June 1949 79 hours' (verso); signed and dated '1949 Foujita' (the artist's frame)
oil on canvas with the artist's frame
76.5 x 101.7cm (30 1/8 x 40 1/16in); 91.6 x 116.5cm (36 1/16 x 45 7/8in) (with the artist's frame)
Painted in New York in June 1949
Galerie Paul Pétrides, Paris. | Acquired from the above by the previous owner (8 April 1950). | Thence by descent.
Foujita - Auction history
