Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita – Chat Endormi

Chat Endormi (Sleeping Cat), 1929 From Les Chats

• Artist: Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (French-Japanese, 1886–1968)
• Medium: Etching, drypoint and aquatint in black
• Dimensions: 43.4 × 50.6 cm (17.90 × 19.92 in)
• Edition: Edition of 100
• Signature: Signed and numbered
• Portfolio: Les Chats
• Reference: Buisson 29.102 

Chat Endormi is an etching, drypoint and aquatint in black executed in 1929 by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita — one of the most celebrated, technically virtuosic, and culturally singular artists of the École de Paris — signed and numbered from the edition of 100, from the celebrated portfolio Les Chats, and catalogued as Buisson 29.102.

Foujita occupies a position of absolute singularity in the history of twentieth-century art. Born in Tokyo in 1886 and arriving in Paris in 1913, he rapidly established himself as the most celebrated Japanese artist in the Western world — developing a practice of extraordinary technical refinement that combined the linear precision and surface sensitivity of the Japanese painting tradition with the chromatic sensibility and pictorial ambition of the European avant-garde. His legendary milky white ground — achieved through a technique he kept rigorously secret throughout his life — gave his paintings and prints a surface of unparalleled luminosity and tactile beauty, and remains the most immediately recognizable and widely admired technical achievement in his entire oeuvre.

The work is in very good condition.

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FAQ

Is this an original work by Foujita? Yes — an authentic etching, drypoint and aquatint signed and numbered from the edition of 100, from the portfolio Les Chats, catalogued as Buisson 29.102.

What is Les Chats? Les Chats is one of the most celebrated portfolios in Foujita's printed oeuvre — a series of intaglio prints executed in 1929 bringing together his mastery of the etching medium and his incomparable understanding of the cat, widely considered among the finest and most beloved cat imagery in the history of Western printmaking.

What printing techniques were used? Etching, drypoint, and aquatint in black — a technically refined combination producing exceptional tonal depth and surface richness, allowing Foujita to render the softness of fur and the relaxed weight of feline repose with extraordinary precision and sensitivity.

What is the Buisson reference? Buisson 29.102 is the catalogue raisonné reference for this work — the definitive scholarly documentation of Foujita's printed oeuvre.

What is the edition size? Edition of 100 — signed and numbered by the artist.

What are the dimensions? 43.4 × 50.6 cm (17.90 × 19.92 in)

What is the condition? Very good condition. Full condition report available upon request.

Is worldwide shipping available? Yes — secure worldwide shipping from France with professional packaging, tracking, and insurance.