Lot #290: LEONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA [imputée] - Le chat - Pencil drawing on paper

 

Artist: Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita [imputée] (Japanese/French, 1886 - 1968).
Title: "Le chat".
Medium: Pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Composed c1926.
Dimensions: Overall size: 9 7/16 x 13 in. (240 x 330 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $2,400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $3,000/4,000
Lot Note(s): Signed lower left. Drawn on cream wove paper. Very good condition; affixed to thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet.
Comment(s): Probably a preliminary sketch for Foujita’s finished ink on paper drawing of 1926, currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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. [30423-2-2400-NA]