La robe blanche et la robe rose ou Deux brésiliennes

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Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
La robe blanche et la robe rose ou Deux brésiliennes
signed, dated, inscribed and signed again in Japanese 'Foujita 1931 Rio de Janeiro' (center left)
gouache, watercolor and pen and black ink on paper laid down on board
23 x 19 1/8 in. (58.4 x 48.6 cm.)
Executed in Rio de Janeiro in 1931

Provenance

Galerie Gilbert et Paul Pétridès, Paris.
Galerie Nichido, Tokyo.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986.

Literature

S. Buisson and D. Buisson, La vie et l'oeuvre de Léonard-Tsuguharu Foujita, Paris, 1987, vol. 1, p. 420, no. 31.11 (partial sheet illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).

Exhibited

Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Modigliani et ses amis, September-November 1988, no. 31.

Sale Room Notice

Please note the amended literature for the present lot:
S. Buisson and D. Buisson, La vie et l'oeuvre de Léonard-Tsuguharu Foujita, Paris, 1987, vol. 1, p. 420, no. 31.11 (partial sheet illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).

Please note the amended exhibition history for the present lot:
Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Modigliani et ses amis, September-November 1988, no. 31.

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Lot Essay

Sylvie Buisson has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

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