La Lecture

Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (Japanese, 1886-1968) – La Lecture, 1951 (Brush and India ink and charcoal on paper laid down on board) – – The modernist author Paul Morand observed that, “Foujita’s mastery of drawing refined lines on a flawlessly ivory white canvas and his depiction of shadow in a non-material form created a pure and mysterious form of art.”