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WOODBLOCK & TEMPERA PORTRAIT ATTR. TO TSUGUHARU FOUJITA - Mixed media woodblock & tempera portrait on paper attributed to listed artist, Tsuguharu (Leonard) Foujita (Japan, France, Switzerland 1886 - 1968), signed/stamped on the verso, as noted, circa 1930. Art measures 13” h x 9.5” w presented in a frame measuring 19.5” x 15.5”.  Artist bio: Foujita studied at the Imperial School of Fine Art, and received much recognition including the purchase of one of his paintings by the Japanese Emperor. In 1912, he went to London, and the next year to Paris to live, and this ended what appeared to be a career in Japan. In 1917, he had his first exhibition in Paris, and by 1924, was exhibiting with the Fauves at the Salon d'Automne. That same year, he became an elected member of the Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts.  Name variants: Tsugouharu Fouijta, Leonard Foujita, Tsuguharu Fujita, Tsuguhuhara (Leonard) Fujita, Leonard Tsuguharu.