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Lot 12
[ARTIST'S BOOKS]. FOUJITA, Tsuguharu. OHMIA. Quelques Peomes. Paris, 1919. PRESENTATION COPY.  

Estimate
$400 - 600
Lot Description
[ARTIST'S BOOKS]. FOUJITA, Tsuguharu (1886-1968), illustrator -- OHMIA, Komaki. Quelques Peomes. Paris: Se Trouve a la Belle Édition, 1919.

8vo. 12 original illustrations after Foujita. (Some spotting.) Stab-sewn into original printed stiff wrappers. Provenance: Guillermo Perés (presentation inscription from Foujita, see below).

PRESENTATION COPY, INCRIBED BY FOUJITA: "To my friend Guillermo Perés with best friendship T. Foujita, Paris 9 July 1920" followed by an inscription in Japanese characters. Guillermo Perés was the art editor of The Dancing World Magazine, for which he created the cover designs. The magazine, was published from May 1920 to March 1924, and provided coverage of the world of dancing, and also featured fashion, cabaret, film, music, theatre, and London and Paris society.

LIMITED EDITION, number 53 of 205 copies on Arches of a total edition of 210.


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