Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
Jeune femme de profil
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 51.200 USD
Price realised: 51.200 USD
Description
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE WEST COAST COLLECTION
LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)
Jeune femme de profil
signed and dated 'Foujita 1941' and further signed in Japanese (lower right)
pen and India ink, wash, charcoal and estompe on paper
11 7/16 x 9 5/16 in (29 x 23.6 cm)
Executed in 1941
Sale: Christie's, Paris, May 24, 2006, lot 120. | Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner; their sale, Christie's, New York, November 9, 2006, lot 198. | Sale: Christie's, London, June 24, 2009, lot 153. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)
Jeune femme de profil
signed and dated 'Foujita 1941' and further signed in Japanese (lower right)
pen and India ink, wash, charcoal and estompe on paper
11 7/16 x 9 5/16 in (29 x 23.6 cm)
Executed in 1941
Sale: Christie's, Paris, May 24, 2006, lot 120. | Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner; their sale, Christie's, New York, November 9, 2006, lot 198. | Sale: Christie's, London, June 24, 2009, lot 153. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In November this year Bonhams in New York held the auction Impressionist & Modern Art, which included the work Jeune femme de profil by Foujita. Here, the upper estimate of USD 50,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for USD 51,200.00 (€ 46,938.03). 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).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Im November diesen Jahres führte Bonhams in New York die Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Jeune femme de profil von Foujita zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von USD 50.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für USD 51.200,00 (€ 46.938,03) einen neuen Besitzer. 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).