Léonard FOUJITA

Portrait of Tsuguharu Foujita, original photograph on albumen paper. Blue stamp of the studio "Photographie Simon's, 40 rue de Passy, Paris" on the back of the print.

Splendid portrait inscribed by Foujita on his birthday: "A Lolotte Rabinovitz / Avec mes amitiés / Je suis toujours / prêt à toi [sic] / à Yoshinoya New York / ma fête 27 nov 1930". "To Lolotte Rabinovitz / With my friendship / I am always / close to you / at Yoshinoya New York / my birthday 27 Nov 1930".

 

First edition of the French translation, one of 470 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only printing after 87 on Japon paper.
Half orange morocco binding with corners, spine with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, date gilt at foot, moiré-patterned paper boards, upper joint skillfully restored, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, gilt top edge, contemporary binding signed Durvand-Pinard.
A pleasant copy.
Illustrated with watercolours and coloured vignettes by Foujita.

Edition illustrated with 47 unpublished drawings by Léonard Foujita.
Minor foxing to boards and a slight scratch to head of first board.
A handsome copy.

Edition illustrated with 47 unpublished drawings by Léonard Foujita.
Handsome copy.

Edition printed with only 545 numbered copies, ours printed on Arches.
Work illustrated by Léonard Foujita with 60 original pochoir coloured compositions, including 1 frontispiece, 16 insert, 43 compositions on cut and pasted paper, and 12 culs-de-lampes.
Binding in half brown morocco with colour recovery, spine richly decorated with gilt geometric motifs and a hexagonal cartouche containing gold-stamped cranes and a bouquet of roses in mosaic, gilt fillet on the boards, marbled endpapers, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on the rough, contemporary binding.
Rare and beautiful copy, pleasantly set.

First edition on current paper, false mention of second edition.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph of Marcel Sauvage to Miss Pollet enriched:
- a beautiful original drawing in Indian ink signed Foujita and representing a cat sitting,
- an original drawing in Indian ink signed Orfeo Tamburi and representing a bouquet of flowers in a vase.

Exposition T. Foujita Rare first edition of the catalogue of the first personal exhibition of Tsuguharu Foujita with 110 watercolours presented at the Galerie Chéron from 1^st June 1917.
Two small tears to head of lower cover, a small lack to foot of upper cover, otherwise nice copy.
Text by André Salmon.
Rare and important catalogue illustrated with a photograph of Foujita as frontispiece and a drawing of Foujita to end.

Edition printed on vellum and illustrated with 4 full-color full-page engravings of Foujita.
Pleasant copy despite a tiny tear in the back and a slight trace of sunstroke in his foot.
Translation of Kuni Matsuo and Emile Steinilber-Oberlin.
Book decorated with a portrait of Bashô by Kyoroku and a thumbnail of Kiyoshi Hasewaga on the cover.

FOUJITA Tsugouharu, Léonard & CLAUDEL Paul. L'Oiseau noir dans le soleil levant
Editions Excelsior, Paris 1927, 20 x 26 cm, original wrappers
First edition in parts, one of 425 numbered copies on vergé d'Arches paper.
With a cover and 12 original etchings by Foujita.
Two very slight tears to spine.
A good copy with its folding plate at end.

The first edition, one of 1035 numbered copies on vergé paper, the only printing after 25 on Japan.
With a frontispiece engraving of Paul Claudel by Foujita.
Signed by Paul Claudel at the head of half-title.
Endpapers a little sunned, but otherwise a good copy.

The first edition, of which there were no large paper copies.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Léonard Foujita to Madame Herr.
Illustrated.