Léonard FOUJITA (1886-1968) Les deux amies - circa 1927 Color etching and aquatint on China paper applied to Japon impérial. Published by Galerie Mantelet, Collette Veil, Éditions artistiques Apollo Signed in Japanese for the first name and in French for the last name lower right Numbered 98/100 lower left 57 x 74 cm Note: The models are Foujita's wife Youki on the right and his friend Mado Anspach, Derain's mistress, on the left. We would like to thank Madame Sylvie Buisson for her help in compiling this file. She emphasized the great rarity of this piece.

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