Japanese painter and printmaker (1886-1968) whose work combined Japanese techniques with Western style. ALS in French, signed “Foujita,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, May 1, 1951. Letter about a painting bought by the Museum of Modern Art in Paris and Madame Butterfly's premiere at La Scala in Milan. In part (translated): "I hope that the Berger Vachon’s family is doing very well and it must be so good in Bouzaliah [Algeria] at the moment. In Paris there is the wave of cold and the heating is stop. I have hip pain for 2 days now. Another day I received a small package where there were two things I forgot from you. Thank you so much. You have talked about another landscape in Le Libre [a newspaper], which you will want to know I still have at home. Unfortunately for you, but fortunately for me, this canvas is going to the Modern Museum of Paris…In two days I leave for Milan. They will have the first Madame Butterfly on May 10 at Scala." In fine condition.
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