LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968) (AFTER A CARTON BY)
Les Objets familiers de l'artiste - Nature morte à la pipe, à l'enveloppe, à la montre oignon, aux cartes à jouer, à la paire de lunettes, à la clé, au cigare et à la boite d'allumettes; based on an engraving created around 1925, the initial model reputed to be a design for the smoking room in the 1st classes of the liner Normandie and produced by the firm Leleu
Square coffee table in exotic wood and exotic wood veneer; the Sabre-type corner legs are sabotaged in light wood. The top features a central circular medallion decorated with precious and indigenous wood marquetry. Work from the 1930s. Lifts and cracks to veneer and marquetry. H.43cm - L.72cm - L.72cm

Exhibition and related work:
Foujita - Peindre dans les Années Folles - Paris, Musée Maillol, from March 7 to July 15, 2018. A similar model with a variant of the base, a project for the 1st class smoking room on the liner Normandie presented at the Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles, by the CGT de Penhoët (Saint-Nazaire), exhibited at this event (n°109).

Bibliography and related works:
Foujita - Peindre dans les Années Folles - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Musée Maillol, Paris (March 7 - July 15, 2018), Éditions Culturespaces / Fonds Mercator, Paris / Bruxelles, 2018. A similar model with a variant of the base, a project for the 1st class smoking room on the Normandie liner presented at the Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles, by the CGT de Penhoët (Saint-Nazaire), referenced under number 109 in the catalog and reproduced on page 153.
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Lot no. 136

LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968) (AFTER A CARTON BY) Les Objets familiers de l'artiste - Nature morte à la pipe, à l'enveloppe, à la montre oignon, aux cartes à jouer, à la paire de lunettes, à la clé, au cigare et à la boite d'allumettes; based on an engraving created around 1925, the initial model reputed to be a design for the smoking room in the 1st classes of the liner Normandie and produced by the firm Leleu Square coffee table in exotic wood and exotic wood veneer; the Sabre-type corner legs are sabotaged in light wood. The top features a central circular medallion decorated with precious and indigenous wood marquetry. Work from the 1930s. Lifts and cracks to veneer and marquetry. H.43cm - L.72cm - L.72cm Exhibition and related work: Foujita - Peindre dans les Années Folles - Paris, Musée Maillol, from March 7 to July 15, 2018. A similar model with a variant of the base, a project for the 1st class smoking room on the liner Normandie presented at the Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles, by the CGT de Penhoët (Saint-Nazaire), exhibited at this event (n°109). Bibliography and related works: Foujita - Peindre dans les Années Folles - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Musée Maillol, Paris (March 7 - July 15, 2018), Éditions Culturespaces / Fonds Mercator, Paris / Bruxelles, 2018. A similar model with a variant of the base, a project for the 1st class smoking room on the Normandie liner presented at the Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles, by the CGT de Penhoët (Saint-Nazaire), referenced under number 109 in the catalog and reproduced on page 153.

Estimate
€5,000 - €8,000
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
30%
LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968) (AFTER A CARTON BY) Les Objets familiers de l'artiste - Nature morte à la pipe, à l'enveloppe, à la montre oignon, aux cartes à jouer, à la paire de lunettes, à la clé, au cigare et à la boite d'allumettes; based on an engraving created around 1925, the initial model reputed to be a design for the smoking room in the 1st classes of the liner Normandie and produced by the firm Leleu Square coffee table in exotic wood and exotic wood veneer; the Sabre-type corner legs are sabotaged in light wood. The top features a central circular medallion decorated with precious and indigenous wood marquetry. Work from the 1930s. Lifts and cracks to veneer and marquetry. H.43cm - L.72cm - L.72cm Exhibition and related work: Foujita - Peindre dans les Années Folles - Paris, Musée Maillol, from March 7 to July 15, 2018. A similar model with a variant of the base, a project for the 1st class smoking room on the liner Normandie presented at the Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles, by the CGT de Penhoët (Saint-Nazaire), exhibited at this event (n°109). Bibliography and related works: Foujita - Peindre dans les Années Folles - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Musée Maillol, Paris (March 7 - July 15, 2018), Éditions Culturespaces / Fonds Mercator, Paris / Bruxelles, 2018. A similar model with a variant of the base, a project for the 1st class smoking room on the Normandie liner presented at the Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles, by the CGT de Penhoët (Saint-Nazaire), referenced under number 109 in the catalog and reproduced on page 153.
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