Léonard-Tsuguharu Foujita: career timeline

Japanese-French · 1886–1968 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 75 of 131 lots (57% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Léonard-Tsuguharu Foujita: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1910s	3	2	$81.5kSign up	Watercolor
1920s	32	26	$9kSign up	Oil
1930s	17	15	$25.6kSign up	Watercolor
1940s	4	4	$14.1kSign up	Drawing
1950s	10	8	$10.2kSign up	Drawing
1960s	8	7	$1.5kSign up	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1910s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $81.5kSign up
Average: $81.5kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 11 in (36 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1), Oil (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1917 Femme au voile sous la neige (Veiled Woman Under the Snow)$80.8kSign up
1918 Le Déjeuner de bébé$82.2kSign up
1918 ChatsUnsold

1920s 32 works

Sold: 26 of 32
Median: $9kSign up
Average: $51.5kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 10 in (32 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6), Etching (5), Print (other) (5)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (9), Flowers & still life (4), Rabbits (1)

1920 PigeonsUnsold
1920 Les deux religieuses$23.7kSign up · sold 2×
1923 Self-Portrait with ObjectsResult not published
1923 Le Chat Blanc$351kSign up
1923 Chat$60.3kSign up
1924 Autoportrait à la pipeUnsold
1924 Knabe mit Granatapfel$11.1kSign up
c. 1925 Jeune-fille à la rose (The Young Woman with a Rose)$200Sign up
1925 Portrait de KikiUnsold
1925 Jeune fille avec une rose (B. II.25.118)$563Sign up
1925 Jeune fille avec une rose (B. II.25.118)Unsold
1925 Jeune fille avec une rose (B. II.25.118)$1.2kSign up

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1926 Projet de maquillage pour une journée de printemps$27.3kSign up
1926 Nu aux bras levés$95.6kSign up
1926 Femme Accoundée$12.5kSign up
1926 Nu assoupi, Youki$221kSign up
1926 Portrait d´un ami$7kSign up
1927 & Speranza CALO-SÉAILLES (1885-1945) Le lapin$9.1kSign up
1927 Self-Portrait with Cat on Shoulder$3.1kSign up
1928 Femme Pensive$430kSign up
1928 Portrait de jeune femme$39.2kSign up
1929 Chat endormi (Sleeping Cat), from Les Chats (The Cats) (Buisson 29.102)$14.1kSign up
1929 Chat brun, from Les Chats (Buisson 29.04)$9kSign up
c. 1929 Nature morte aux fils et aux boutons$3.2kSign up

…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 17 works

Sold: 15 of 17
Median: $25.6kSign up
Average: $139kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 13.5 in (30 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (8), Other (2), Lithograph (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5)

1930 Book of Cats (Buisson 30.127)$38.4kSign up
c. 1930 ca. 1930$1.5kSign up
c. 1930 Les Enfants Series, circa 1930$2.2kSign up
c. 1930 Japanese girl with cat$1.1kSign up
1931 AutoportraitUnsold
1931 Self-Portrait with a Cat$679kSign up
1931 Reclining Nude$781kSign up
1931 CHAT COUCHÉ$720Sign up
1931 Chatte et chaton$5.3kSign up
1932 Portrait de MadeleineUnsold
1932 Nu allongé (Reclining Nude)$112kSign up
1932 Portrait de Femme$303kSign up

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1940s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $14.1kSign up
Average: $18.9kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 17.5 in (43 × 44 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Lithograph (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1946 Portrait of a Japanese Girl$13kSign up
c. 1947 Le rêve (Buisson 47.19)$1.4kSign up
1948 Le Rêve (The Dream) (B. 48.04)$15.1kSign up
1948 Vierge à l'enfant$46kSign up

1950s 10 works

Sold: 8 of 10
Median: $10.2kSign up
Average: $148kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 13 in (36 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (5), Lithograph (3), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Birds (1)

1951 Portrait of a Young WomanUnsold
c. 1954 Le Matin$1.5kSign up
1954 Mon Chien$7.5kSign up
c. 1955 La cage aux oiseaux" Circa 1955$94.7kSign up
1956 Le matin$832Sign up
1958 Petit garçon et l'avion$1.7kSign up
c. 1958 Le mépris$12.9kSign up
c. 1958 Le mépris$20.8kSign up
1958 Fillette aux fruits et au damier$1MSign up
1959 Eve in the Garden of Eden, 1959, colorResult not published

1960s 8 works

Sold: 7 of 8
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $38.2kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 11 in (41 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (5), Oil (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1960 Mère et fille sous un porche de village$258kSign up
1960 Portrait d'OdetteUnsold
1960 La Jeunesse (B. 60.28)$1.5kSign up
1960 Fillette au pain (B. 60.66)$2.8kSign up
c. 1960 Jeune Fille et Enfant a la Baguette et au Pot au Lait$1.3kSign up
1964 Fillette au pain$63Sign up
1965 Mother and Child$635Sign up
1966 La bigote$2.9kSign up

Creation date not recorded

55 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $2.6kSign up
Average: $15.7kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 14 in (34 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Etching (1), Aquatint (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Landscapes (1)

sold 2002 Schlafendes Kind mit Puppe$2.6kSign up
sold 2003 Femme nue$10.6kSign up
sold 2004 Paysage de neige, à Akita$63.3kSign up
sold 2004 Mädchen mit Baguettes und Milchflasche$1.4kSign up
sold 2008 La Femme au Chat$720Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 17 works

Sold: 13 of 17
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $10.4kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 10 in (34 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Other (5), Drawing (3), Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4)

sold 2011 Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita, French-Japanese, 1886 - 1968$1.1kSign up
sold 2011 Girl with Kitten$25.1kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2012 Bambina con gattoUnsold
sold 2012 Bambina con gattoUnsold
sold 2012 Bambina con gattoUnsold
sold 2012 Bambina con gattoUnsold

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sold 2012 Porte d'Arcueil$28.5kSign up
sold 2013 Pat Shinagawa Nishimaya... #30/100$1kSign up
sold 2013 Self-Portrait$1kSign up
sold 2015 Portrait de l'Artiste$425Sign up
sold 2016 Enfant Encapuchonne Et L'Oiseau$1.2kSign up
sold 2016 Jeune fille a la robe bustier$8.4kSign up

…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 33 works

Sold: 25 of 33
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $6.8kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 10.5 in (27 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (11), Lithograph (5), Print (other) (5)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2021 Chien pipi joyeusement$22kSign up
sold 2021 Geisha$4kSign up
sold 2021 Bathing Nude$60kSign up
sold 2021 Chaton (Kitten)$42kSign up
sold 2022 & SPERANZA CALO-SEAILLES (1885-1949) Chat$9.1kSign up
sold 2022 Maxim's$316Sign up

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sold 2022 Etudes florales$578Sign up
sold 2022 Etude de costume féminin$3.8kSign up
sold 2022 Le bal$442Sign up
sold 2022 Fillette rousse aux yeux bleus$2.9kSign up
sold 2022 Fillette endormie avec sa poupée$5.3kSign up
sold 2023 Leonard Tsuguharu FoujitaUnsold

…and 21 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Léonard-Tsuguharu Foujita auction results →