FOUJITA, Léonard Tsuguharu.

£2,250 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Légendes japonaises ("Japanese Legends") First edition, sole printing, letter A of 4 copies on Lafuma pure yarn paper, from a total edition of 2,104. This collection of Japanese folk tales is both translated and colourfully illustrated by the artist Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968), a notable figure of the bohemian art scene in Montparnasse. It was published as the third in a series of "Plus Belles Légendes du Monde".This edition included a further 2,000 copies printed on vélin alfa, as well as 100 on "papier des manufactures imperiales de Japon".

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