ƒ TOSHIO BANDO (1895-1973) SIAMESE CAT, CIRCA... Lot 10

ƒ TOSHIO BANDO (1895-1973) SIAMESE CAT, CIRCA 1926-1927 Oil on canvas Signed middle right Oil on canvas; signed middle right 27 X 22 CM - 10 5/8 X 8 5/8 IN. Mrs Sylvie Buisson and Mr Jacques Boutersky have confirmed the authenticity of this work. A certificate of authenticity will be given to the buyer. PROVENANCE Private collection, United States. "Japanese flexibility is a cliché. It would be pejorative to praise Bando's flexibility alone; Bando does not merely understand and adapt: he creates. He subtly observes and expresses with terrible thoroughness. His work is hallucinatory in its accuracy. Louis Léon-Martin