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Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
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Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)

La jeune fille aux pommes de terre

Fermé4 November 2010

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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

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.

Note du spécialiste

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.