Maison de dos 屋子後園
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita's 'Maison de dos 屋子後園' is a pencil and watercolor on paper work that blends Eastern and Western artistic traditions. The title references the back view of a house and garden, combining French and Chinese sensibilities.
- Medium
- pencil and watercolor on paper
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern Art Online
May 20, 2022
Estimate: $20,000 to $40,000
Lot 576
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Artists in conversation
Paul Klee
Swiss-German · b. 1879
Klee combined delicate pencil work with translucent watercolor washes to depict gardens and architectural spaces, sharing Foujita's refined blending of Eastern compositional sensibility with Western modernist technique on paper.
Charles Demuth
American · b. 1883
Demuth worked extensively in pencil and watercolor to render domestic architecture and garden settings with a luminous delicacy, producing intimate scenes that balance precise line work with softly layered transparent color in a manner closely aligned with this piece.
Kawase Hasui
Japanese · b. 1883
Hasui depicted serene domestic landscapes and garden settings with a quiet atmospheric quality, blending traditional Japanese compositional principles with a modern sensitivity to light and mood that resonates strongly with Foujita's fusion of Eastern and Western approaches in this work.
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