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Nativity

A work made of watercolor, gold leaf, and brush and black ink, with pen and black ink, over graphite on beige japanese paper, prepared with a black gouache ground.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A work made of watercolor, gold leaf, and brush and black ink, with pen and black ink, over graphite on beige japanese paper, prepared with a black gouache ground.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

Tsugouharu Foujita
French, born Japan, 1886-1968

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Tsugouharu Foujita

Title

Nativity

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1906–1968

Medium

Watercolor, gold leaf, and brush and black ink, with pen and black ink, over graphite on beige Japanese paper, prepared with a black gouache ground

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower right, in pen and black ink: "T. Foujita" (in Kanji) "Foujita Tsuguharu"

Dimensions

28.9 × 37.1 cm (11 7/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Arthur T. Aldis in memory of Arthur T. Aldis

Reference Number

1939.504

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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