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LEONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA — LETTER ILLUSTRATED WITH AN INK SKETCH OF A STORK

FOUJITA, LEONARD TSUGUHARU. (1886-1968)   Japanese–French painter and printmaker, who applied Japanese ink techniques to Western style paintings;  has been called “the most important Japanese artist working in the West during the 20th century”;  he achieved great fame as a painter of beautiful women and cats.    Scarce Autograph Letter Signed, “Leonard Foujita”, in French, on the back of a picture postcard bearing an image of Foujita’s “La Vierge à L’enfant.”  October 4, 1967.  Incorporating a small drawing of a stork.

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