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Fifteen masterpieces by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita will come to #SothebysHongKong this September in the Maison’s first dedicated single-artist auction. Assembled over three decades, The Foujita Lexicon: Works from the Lewis Collection captures his legacy as one of the most original artists of the 20th century. This collection traces six decades of Foujita’s career across geographies and mediums, demonstrating his unique fusion of Japanese and European artistic traditions. It offers a rare survey of one of the most distinctive figures of the School of Paris.  The Foujita Lexicon: Works from the Lewis Collection heads to auction on 28 September. See the full collection and register to bid at the link in bio. Painted in 1924, at the height of Foujita’s celebrated Paris years, ‘Mon portrait’ embodies his Montparnasse persona. It shows the artist as he emerged as a leading figure of the School of Paris, presenting the cultural duality that would become the hallmark of his art. ‘Le rêve (...

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