Lot Essay
Sylvie Buisson has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Composition, à Portinari
Details
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
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
Provenance
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.
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.
Literature
S. Buisson, Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Paris, 2001, no. 32.137, (illustrated p. 329).
Special notice
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.