Tsuguharu FOUJITA 1886-1968 YOUNG WOMAN WITH A SAIL, circa 1950 Gouache, watercolor, India ink and gold leaf on paper applied to cardboard signed lower left "Foujita 23,3 x 17,2 Provenance : Private collections by successive successions A certificate of Madame Sylvie Buisson will be given to the buyer (n°250.309.A) Registration required before the sale with a deposit (see conditions of sale) Fondation Foujita / Adagp, Paris, 2022

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