Mr. Foujita's Bichon

Result EUR38,720

Published on 15 November 2021, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 29 October 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) - 2-4, rue Saint-Firmin - 69008 Lyon

The painter of Roaring Twenties bohemian Paris sketched a small dog that was the darling of his friends and models in Montparnasse.

Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886–1968), Le Chien bichon (The Bichon), 1931, signed... Mr. Foujita's Bichon

Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886–1968), Le Chien bichon (The Bichon), 1931, signed and dated pastel, stump, conté pencil and gouache drawing on Japan paper, 31.5 x 47 cm/12.40 x 18.50 in.
Result: €38,720
© Fondation Foujita/Adagp, Paris, 2021

In 1931, Tsuguharu Foujita drew this adorable Bichon with all the tenderness he usually showed for animals. The signed and dated pastel, stump, conté pencil and gouache drawing on Japan paper fetched €38,720,…

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