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LOT 360:
Leonard Foujita "A Book of Cats" Collotype 1929
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Sold for: $800
Start price:
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500
Estimated price :
$1,000 - $2,000
Buyer's Premium: 26%
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Leonard Foujita "A Book of Cats" Collotype 1929
Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita, (Japanese/French, 1886-1968). Collotype on paper depicting a seated kitten, 1929. Signed and dated in plate along the lower left; printed "Made in France" along the lower right. From "A Book of Cats, " this print accompanied the poem "Abihail."
Literature: Leonard Foujita, "A Book of Cats, " (Ashford Press Publishing: Southampton, 1987), First printed in 1930. With poems in prose by Michael Joseph.
Height: 10 in x width: 12 3/4 in.
Condition: There are no major losses or tears. There are small creases throughout the lower right quadrant, in particular one that is 2 1/2 inches long, horizontally across the center of the right margin. The sheet is toned. There is a minute spot of discoloration in the lower left corner. There are no signs of restoration under UV light. Not framed.
