[ARTIST'S BOOKS]. FOUJITA, artist. JOSEPH. A Book of Cats. NY, 1930. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED.
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[ARTIST'S BOOKS]. FOUJITA, Léonard Tsuguharu (1886-1968), artist. -- JOSEPH, Michael (1897-1958). A Book of Cats being Twenty Drawings by Foujita. New York: Covici Friede, 1930.
Folio. 20 etchings. 20 additional hors-texte etchings by Foujita on Japanese vellum laid in. (Some minor spotting to extremities.) Original red cloth, front cover and spine lettered in silver (a few tiny spots, lower hinge starting).
LIMITED EDITION, number 469 of 500 copies on handmade Arches paper SIGNED BY FOUJITA. WITH THE ADDITIONAL SUITE OF PLATES, SIGNED IN PENCIL BY FOUJITA ON THE EPRATH PLATE. Foujita was born and educated in Tokyo before moving to Paris in 1913. He applied Japanese ink techniques to Western-style art. He lends his well-loved depictions of cats to this popular work.
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon
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