Live Auction 5616Impressionist/Modern Art & Picasso Ceramics
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
Lot 18

Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)

Composition, à Portinari

Closed7 February 2014

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GBP 12,500

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Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
Composition, à Portinari
signed dated and inscribed 'à PORTINARI Foujita 1932' and signed again in Japanese (upper centre)
gouache, watercolour, pencil and collage on paper laid down on board
18 3/8 x 23 in. (46.7 x 58.5 cm.)
Executed in 1932

Candido Portinari, Rio de Janeiro, a gift from the artist in 1932.
Private collection, Brasil, by descent from the above; sale, Christie's, New York, 25 February 1992, lot 58.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

Sylvie Buisson has confirmed the authenticity of this work.