Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
Nu assis (Jacqueline Barsotti-Goddard)
Estimate: 800.000 - 1.200.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.602.300 GBP
Price realised: 1.602.300 GBP
Description
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE
LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)
Nu assis (Jacqueline Barsotti-Goddard)
signed and dated 'Foujita 1929' and further signed in Japanese (centre right); signed and dated 'Foujita 1929' and further signed and inscribed in Japanese (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
64.8 x 100.2cm (25 1/2 x 39 7/16in).
Painted in Paris in 1929
Galerie Mantelet (Colette Weil), Paris (acquired directly from the artist in 1929). | Private collection, France (acquired from the above in 1929). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)
Nu assis (Jacqueline Barsotti-Goddard)
signed and dated 'Foujita 1929' and further signed in Japanese (centre right); signed and dated 'Foujita 1929' and further signed and inscribed in Japanese (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
64.8 x 100.2cm (25 1/2 x 39 7/16in).
Painted in Paris in 1929
Galerie Mantelet (Colette Weil), Paris (acquired directly from the artist in 1929). | Private collection, France (acquired from the above in 1929). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 34 %.
The work Nu assis (Jacqueline Barsotti-Goddard) by Foujita was auctioned at Bonhams in London in October last year. It achieved a price of GBP 1,602,300.00 (€ 1,866,661.76), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 34%. Admittedly, works by Foujita have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved 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 um 34 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Nu assis (Jacqueline Barsotti-Goddard) von Foujita kam im Oktober letzten Jahres bei Bonhams in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 1.602.300,00 (€ 1.866.661,76) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 34%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Foujita auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit La fête d'anniversaire im Oktober 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 7.096.250,00 (€ 8.002.380,76).