Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) - Chat couché, planche du Book of Cats
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Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968), Chat coucher, planche du Book of Cats, 1929, offset impression, unsigned, édition limitée, Bon état, sheet 23.5 × 28.5 cm (image 19.7 × 26 cm), France, Moderne, Sold by Galerie.
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Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
Lying cat, plate from the Book of Cats, 1929
Collotype after the artist's original drawing, on Japon vellum, from the extra suite of 20 plates issued with the copies of “A Book of Cats, being Twenty Drawings by Foujita,” with prose poems by Michael Joseph, New York, Covici Friede, 1930, limited edition of 500 copies — the suite pulled at 500 impressions per plate at most, many did not survive with the book.
Signed “Foujita” and dated 1929 on the plate, with Japanese characters, as issued; not hand-signed. Without the “Made in France” stamp, specific to the book’s plates on Arches — in keeping with the suite on Japon vellum.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23.5 × 28.5 cm (9.2 × 11.2 in)
Image: 19.7 × 26 cm (7.8 × 10.2 in)
Condition: Very good; margins slightly trimmed; not framed.
References: Buisson, II.30.127
Plate from Foujita’s famous A Book of Cats, considered by booksellers to be the most desirable of books ever devoted to cats — a complete copy has exceeded $77,000 at public sale. Each of the twenty plates depicts a named cat, paired with a prose poem by the editor and British writer Michael Joseph. The extra suite on Japon vellum is the most sought-after print of these images. Foujita, “master of cats” and a major figure of the School of Paris, here treats his subject with his celebrated fusion of Japanese sumi line with Western modeling: a long-haired cat at rest, forepaws extended, fur rendered in fluffy strokes, the gaze alert, supremely feline.
Original impression from the 1930 publication.
Seller's Story
Since 2001, Nouvelle Compagnie des Arts Graphiques, is an online gallery, specializing in modern and contemporary original prints and works on paper.
The gallery was founded by Benjamin Sznaper in 2001 and was one of the first Parisian online galleries at this time.
It has since grown to hold a selective inventory of some of the most important original prints and works on paper by the leading artists of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
These include Andy Warhol, Alphonse Mucha, Joan Miro, Henry de Toulouse Lautrec, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and more.
Our selective inventory is carefully chosen to reach the highest standard in terms of Rarity, Condition, and Prices.
Even if we are an online Gallery it is always possible to meet us and to personally check our inventory in BIARRITZ.
Translated by Google TranslateLéonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
Lying cat, plate from the Book of Cats, 1929
Collotype after the artist's original drawing, on Japon vellum, from the extra suite of 20 plates issued with the copies of “A Book of Cats, being Twenty Drawings by Foujita,” with prose poems by Michael Joseph, New York, Covici Friede, 1930, limited edition of 500 copies — the suite pulled at 500 impressions per plate at most, many did not survive with the book.
Signed “Foujita” and dated 1929 on the plate, with Japanese characters, as issued; not hand-signed. Without the “Made in France” stamp, specific to the book’s plates on Arches — in keeping with the suite on Japon vellum.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23.5 × 28.5 cm (9.2 × 11.2 in)
Image: 19.7 × 26 cm (7.8 × 10.2 in)
Condition: Very good; margins slightly trimmed; not framed.
References: Buisson, II.30.127
Plate from Foujita’s famous A Book of Cats, considered by booksellers to be the most desirable of books ever devoted to cats — a complete copy has exceeded $77,000 at public sale. Each of the twenty plates depicts a named cat, paired with a prose poem by the editor and British writer Michael Joseph. The extra suite on Japon vellum is the most sought-after print of these images. Foujita, “master of cats” and a major figure of the School of Paris, here treats his subject with his celebrated fusion of Japanese sumi line with Western modeling: a long-haired cat at rest, forepaws extended, fur rendered in fluffy strokes, the gaze alert, supremely feline.
Original impression from the 1930 publication.
Seller's Story
Since 2001, Nouvelle Compagnie des Arts Graphiques, is an online gallery, specializing in modern and contemporary original prints and works on paper.
The gallery was founded by Benjamin Sznaper in 2001 and was one of the first Parisian online galleries at this time.
It has since grown to hold a selective inventory of some of the most important original prints and works on paper by the leading artists of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
These include Andy Warhol, Alphonse Mucha, Joan Miro, Henry de Toulouse Lautrec, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and more.
Our selective inventory is carefully chosen to reach the highest standard in terms of Rarity, Condition, and Prices.
Even if we are an online Gallery it is always possible to meet us and to personally check our inventory in BIARRITZ.
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Edition
Limited edition
Artist
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968)
Title of artwork
Chat couché, planche du Book of Cats
Technique
Offset print
Signature
Not signed
Country of origin
France
Year
1929
Condition
Good condition
Height
23.5 cm
Width
28.5 cm
Weight
50 g
Style
Modern
Sold with frame
No
Period
1920-1930
