Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
Le dragon des mers (La geisha)
signed 'Foujita' (lower centre)
pen and India ink and pencil on tracing paper
13 x 10 in. (33 x 25.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1955
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
Le dragon des mers (La geisha)
signed 'Foujita' (lower centre)
pen and India ink and pencil on tracing paper
13 x 10 in. (33 x 25.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1955
The artist's estate, and thence by descent; sale, Succession Kimiyo Foujita II, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 October 2013, lot 253. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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.
Please note that the reverse of this work has been illustrated in the printed catalogue. See www.christies.com for the correct image.
Specialist note
This work is sold with a photo-certificate from Sylvie Buisson.
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