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Woman in Profile 1930 – This three-quarter bust portrait of a young blonde woman appeared in the second volume of the General Catalogue Raisonn\u00e9 of Foujita’s Work published by ACR \u00e9ditions in 2001, page 297 no. 30.70. \u00a9 Fondation Foujita \/ADAGP, Paris, 2025 for all uses of Foujita\u2019s works, name, and image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It reappeared 22 years later, identical, yet with one notable difference: its partially erased signature.<\/p>\n

Was it an unfortunate excess of cleaning or accidental? It is difficult to say. In any case, this clearly demonstrates Foujita’s use of India ink when signing his work. The artist managed to blend water and oil to create the illusion of a drawing on paper… much to the dismay of the owners of his paintings, which are so fragile to preserve.<\/p>\n

However, this almost natural wear of the pictorial layer did not penalize the sale of this painting, typical of Foujita’s white and milky period.<\/p>\n

A preparatory drawing is reproduced in the same Volume 2 of the Catalogue Raisonn\u00e9, page 298 no. 30.84.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Fondation Foujita \/ADAGP, Paris, 2025
for all uses of Foujita\u2019s works, name, and image –<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

for the foujita.org website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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