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LEONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA & SPERANZA CALO-SEAILLES (1886-1968) & (1885-1949)
White Cat; & Kitten, blue and gold background
both monogrammed ‘F’ (lower right of each); 'S.C.S' (lower left of the white cat)
lap (polychromed cement)
30.5 x 50.2 cm. (12 x 19 3/4 in.); & 32.5 x 54 cm. (12 3/4 x 21 1/4 in.)
Executed circa. 1925; & 1929
Provenance
Collection of Speranza Calo-Seailles, France
Private collection, by descent from the above
Christie's Hong Kong, 3 Dec 2020, lot 254
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Kitten, blue and gold background: S. & D. Buisson, Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita Vol. II, ACR Edition Internationale, Paris, 2001 (illustrated in black & white, plate 29.183, p. 291).
Musee Maillol, Foujita : Peindre dans les Annees Folles, exh. cat., Paris, 2018 (illustrated, plate 110, p. 154).
Exhibited
Kitten, blue and gold background: Paris, Musee Maillol, Foujita : Peindre dans les Annees Folles, March-July 2018.
FURTHER DETAILS
The authenticity of both artworks has been confirmed by Sylvie Buisson.
White Cat will be included in the forthcoming catalogue Raisonne, Leonard-Tsuguharu Foujita Volume IV.
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