AFTER LEONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)

AFTER LEONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)

20TH CENTURY

Two drawings, both pencil on paper, one in pink with the three-quarter portrait of a young woman; the other in graphite with the head of a young girl looking up, her hair blowing in the wind; both signed in roman script 'Foujita' lower right, 29.5cm x 20.5cm and 29.5cm x 21cm respectively. (2)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

See Sotheby's London, 20th Century Asian Art, 6th May 2004, lot 62, for a drawing by Foujita entitled 'Tête de Jeune Fille' closely related to this first one. Also, see the Bailly Gallery, Geneva/Paris, for 'Portrait de Jeune Femme Blonde', another drawing by Foujita dated 1938 and related to the second portrait in this lot.