Tsuguharu Foujita_Chat accroupi, from 'Les chats' etching, aquatint in colours on Chine appliqué, 1929, on Japon, signed in pencil, numbered 58/100 (there were also 10 H.C. in Roman numerals), published by Éditions Artistiques Apollo, Paris, framed, staining and foxing on both sides, creases, with tape remaining and staining, the margins slightly trimmed, skinning at the upper left corner on the reverse, sold with a certificate by Mme Sylvie Buisson Image: 28.5×35.6cm Sheet: 44.0×50.5cm, Literature: Buisson II 29.200

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