Auction on
22 June 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) -
Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
This bouquet of anemones, which has stayed in the same family since purchase at the Pétridès Gallery in 1956, illustrates Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita's feeling for nature.
Léonard-Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968), Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase en étain (Bouquet of Flowers in a Pewter Vase), oil on canvas, 33.5 x 24.5 cm/13.2 x 9.6 in. Estimate: €80,000/100,000
Léonard-Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968), Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase en étain (Bouquet of Flowers in a Pewter Vase), oil on canvas, 33.5 x 24.5 cm/13.2 x 9.6 in. Estimate: €80,000/100,000
Like his portraits of young women, little girls and cats, Foujita's flower paintings are instantly recognizable. Here, with the attention to detail and skillful arrangement of the plants, the natural look is only skin-deep, and the bouquet is far more composed than the artist would have…
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