Lot #1262: LEONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA [imputée] - Petit pékinois couché - Crayon and pencil drawing on paper

 

Artist: Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita [imputée] (Japanese/French, 1886 - 1968).
Title: "Petit pékinois couché".
Medium: Crayon and pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Composed c1927.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 x 13 3/4 in. (254 x 349 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $6,000
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $8,000/10,000
Lot Note(s): Signed upper right. Drawn on cream wove paper. Good to very good condition; some light crayon smudging in the margins; sticker and partial ink stamp verso.
Comment(s): Undoubtedly the study for Foujita’s rare 1927 lithograph “Pekinese” which commanded $4,725 at Bonham’s, London, 7/16/2013, lot #74. Foujita, born in Tokyo, Japan, applied Japanese ink techniques to Western style paintings. His portraits of cats are especially well known. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30422-2-6000-NA]