Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
Coupe aux oeufs
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 44.400 GBP
Price realised: 44.400 GBP
Description
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE UK COLLECTION
LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)
Coupe aux oeufs
signed 'T. Foujita' and further signed and inscribed in Japanese (lower left)
oil on canvas
35.2 x 27.2cm (13 7/8 x 10 11/16in).
Painted in Paris in 1915
Private collection, France. | Anon. sale, Neret-Minet & Associés, Paris, 15 March 2002, lot 25. | Anon. sale, Bloomsbury Auctions, London, 20 June 2005, lot 148. | Private collection, UK (acquired at the above sale). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)
Coupe aux oeufs
signed 'T. Foujita' and further signed and inscribed in Japanese (lower left)
oil on canvas
35.2 x 27.2cm (13 7/8 x 10 11/16in).
Painted in Paris in 1915
Private collection, France. | Anon. sale, Neret-Minet & Associés, Paris, 15 March 2002, lot 25. | Anon. sale, Bloomsbury Auctions, London, 20 June 2005, lot 148. | Private collection, UK (acquired at the above sale). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Coupe aux oeufs by Foujita was auctioned at Bonhams in London in October last year. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 40,000.00 – 60,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 44,400.00 (€ 51,725.51) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Foujita achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work La fête d'anniversaire in October 2018 with an auction result of GBP 7,096,250.00 (€ 8,002,380.76).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Coupe aux oeufs von Foujita kam im Oktober letzten Jahres bei Bonhams in London zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 40.000,00 – 60.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 44.400,00 (€ 51.725,51) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Foujita erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit La fête d'anniversaire im Oktober 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 7.096.250,00 (€ 8.002.380,76).