Name: LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)
Brand: Portrait d’Alfred-Julien Loewer
Price: 40000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)
Portrait d’Alfred-Julien Loewer
signed, dated and inscribed 'Foujita 1925 Paris' and signed again in Japanese (lower left); signed, dated and inscribed 'a Paris Avril 1925 Foujita' and signed and inscribed again in Japanese (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
21⁵⁄₈ x 18¹⁄₈ in. (55 x 46 cm.)
Painted in Paris in April 1925

Alfred-Julien Loewer, La Chaux-de-Fonds, by whom acquired directly from the artist in April 1925, and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Sylvie Buisson has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

To celebrate his fortieth birthday, Alfred-Julien Loewer (1885-1959), a prominent Swiss lawyer, commissioned Foujita to paint his portrait. The two were probably introduced by the artist’s first patron, Henri Seeholzer, also an important Swiss lawyer. Loewer, who was based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the canton of Neuchâtel, had assembled a significant collection, which featured works by Matisse, Vlaminck, and other modern Masters.
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