Page from a Golden Book

 

May 25, 2021 Expertise
May 25, 2021 Expertise

Casimir Buisson and I had the pleasure of discovering and confirming the authenticity of a gouache of great delicacy and extremely refined sensibility, dedicated by Foujita in 1950 to the son of his main dealer, Paul Pétridès.

The child was only three years old when his father created a “Golden Book” for him, which he had illustrated by the gallery’s artists, notably Marie Laurencin, Utrillo, and… Foujita.

Gilbert Pétridès passed away on August 23, 2012, after a long illness.