Léonard-Tsuguharu FOUJITA (1886-1968) The... - Lot 302 - Crait + Müller

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Léonard-Tsuguharu FOUJITA (1886-1968) The little Gréco with the cat, June 25, 1953 Brush and India ink on paper. Signed, dated and titled lower right. 30 x 23,3 cm Expert : Frédérick Chanoit The certificate of authenticity of Sylvie Buisson, author of the Catalogue Raisonné of the work and specialist of the artist, will be charged to the buyer (800 euros). This drawing is dated the day of the wedding of Juliette Gréco and Philippe Lemaire on June 25, 1953 at the the 8th arrondissement of Paris. This drawing is the wedding present that Foujita brought to the bride on the day of the ceremony. Juliette Gréco meets actor Philippe Lemaire on the set of the Franco-Italian film Quand tu liras cette lettre directed by Jean-Pierre Melville in 1953. It was love at first sight between the two actors is immediate. They moved in together in a large apartment located in the rue de Berri in Paris and got married on Thursday June 25, 1953. More than 300 guests were present that day. Among from the world of art, cinema, song and literature, some prestigious friends accepted the couple's invitation: Raymond Queneau, Odette Laure, Jean-Paul Sartre, Joseph Cosma, Bruno Coquatrix, André Popp, Jean Marais, Jean Cocteau, Léo Ferré, Boris Vian, Hélène Duc, Solange Sicard, Anne-Marie Cazalis, Jean Delannoy, André Cayatte, Jean Boyer, Marc Allégret, Jean-Pierre Melville, Maurice Labro, Jean Duvivier, Jean-Paul Le Chanois... and Foujita and his wife Kimiyo. From this union, a daughter Laurence-Marie was born on March 23, 1954. A few months later, the separated and divorced in 1956. Juliette had a close friendship with the painter Foujita whom she admired. She regularly went to Cité Falguière, in the Montparnasse district of Paris, where the painter's studio was located. Set they talked a lot about their respective childhoods. Each one told his wounds and regrets. Juliette would sometimes bring Foujita French food and the first books books on existentialism. Fabien Lecoeuvre
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