Lot Essay
For other examples of 1929 cat studies by Fujita, see Sylvie and Dominique Buisson, Léonard-Tsuguharu Foujita, Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre (Paris, 2001), vol. 1, cat. nos. 29.01-29.18.
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TWO STUDIES OF CATS, SHOWA PERIOD (1929)
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Fujita Tsuguharu (1886-1968)
Two Studies of Cats, Showa Period (1929)
One full-face and the other in profile, both ink and colours on paper, each signed above Tsuguharu in Japanese and Foujita 1929 in French, also signed Foujita 1929 below, presented as two separate cartouches in a silk-covered mount with a tourist painting of a lady standing in front of Mount Fuji, framed and glazed
Each cartouche 9 1/8 x 3 9/16in. (23.2 x 8.8cm.)
Two Studies of Cats, Showa Period (1929)
One full-face and the other in profile, both ink and colours on paper, each signed above Tsuguharu in Japanese and Foujita 1929 in French, also signed Foujita 1929 below, presented as two separate cartouches in a silk-covered mount with a tourist painting of a lady standing in front of Mount Fuji, framed and glazed
Each cartouche 9 1/8 x 3 9/16in. (23.2 x 8.8cm.)
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