LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968) YOUNG WOMAN WITH VEIL, 1955 Graphite and charcoal on paper Signed and dated "23-2-55" lower right Graphite and stump on paper; signed and dated "23-2-55" lower right 27 X 20 CM - 10 5/8 X 7 7/8 IN. PROVENANCE Kimiyo Foujita Collection. Sale, Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Paris, December 9, 2013, Kimiyo Foujita Estate, Last sale (sixth sale) Foujita Religieux, lot 427, reproduced in catalog p. 224. Acquired during this sale by the current owner. "Drawing brings us closer to Foujita than to Michelangelo, Rembrandt or Goya. Raphael, Holbein, Ingres and Leonardo da Vinci teach us the eloquent sufficiency of form reduced to the beauty of pure line. Hokusaï gives us lessons in humanity and makes us dream. All Japanese painters are first and foremost draughtsmen. Foujita favors drawing above all else. [On paper, apart from the pencil line, shadows applied with estompe are rare and discreet, but sufficient to accentuate volume. Sylvie Buisson, Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, ACR Édition, Paris: 2001, pp. 23-24.