New works by Japanese artist Foujita found

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TOKYO | Wed Aug 31, 2011 5:44am EDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly 40 previously unknown works by Japanese artist Leonard Foujita, who made a name for himself in pre-World War Two Paris and was an acquaintance of Picasso and Matisse, have been discovered by a Japanese museum.

Combining Japanese ink techniques with Western-style painting, Foujita -- a noted cat lover -- became especially known for his paintings of naked women and cats.

The Pola Museum of Art in Hakone, a mountain resort town just west of Tokyo, said the 37 pieces were part of a gift from a private collector within Japan but declined to name their nationality.

"These were completely unknown before, so we were quite surprised by the gift," said Yurika Hirata, a museum spokeswoman.

"It was previously thought that Paris was the main site of Foujita's work in his later years, but notes on the back mention that some were painted in other countries. It tells us new things about what he did."

The pieces are oil paintings on thick paper mounted on fibreboard and painted between 1956 to 1958.

Some appear to have religious themes, while others show children doing various kinds of work such as house cleaning or frying eggs and may be related to Foujita's "Little Artisans" series of paintings.

Foujita, born Tsuguharu Fujita in 1886, graduated from what is now the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music at the age of 24 and moved to Paris three years later.

Taking a studio in Montparnasse, he met artists such as Modigliani and is said to have studied dance with Isadora Duncan. His paintings, which initially sold well, drew comment for the milk white color of the skin of the women he portrayed.

After a stint working and traveling in South America, Foujita returned to Japan in the 1930s, where he produced propaganda art for the military. He eventually returned to France, where he converted to Catholicism and died in 1968.

The new pieces will go on display from Sept 6.

(Reporting by Elaine Lies, editing by Paul Casciato)

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Botero, Brazilian works drive record art sale

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Fernando Botero's work titled ''A Family'' is shown in this undated handout photo from Sotheby's.

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By Walker Simon

NEW YORK | Thu May 26, 2011 4:12pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Strong demand for Brazilian abstract art and works by Colombia's Fernando Botero propelled Sotheby's to its best-selling auction of Latin American art with more than $21.6 million in sales.

Botero's painting "A Family," which fetched $1.4 million, was the top seller at Wednesday's sale and his "Man on a Horse" set a record for a bronze sculpture for the artist at auction -- at $1.17 million.

Overall, Botero works accounted for a third of the total sale, which topped Sotheby's $21 million Latin American sale record, set in the spring 2008 before the financial crisis sent art markets into a tailspin.

"In every crisis, there is somebody who makes money and they have to spend it," said Carmen Melian, Sotheby's Latin American art chief. "I think also the big shock is over ... some people are starting to buy and the whole cycle (of art buying) starts all over again.

Unusually for Botero at auction, three decades of his work were represented, including earlier art seen as political like the 1975 "El Presidente," which fetched $266,500.

The evening's most intense bidding was for Brazilian abstract sculptures made of wood.

Brazilian Cildo Meireles' 1982 sculpture "In-Mensa" sold for $518,000, an artist auction record. It fuses polished brown wood into hybrid furniture, tricking the eye into alternatively identifying what parts are chairs or tables.

"Relief 13/83," Brazilian Sergio Camargo's sculpture, dating from 1965, fetched $842,500.

Sotheby's said Brazil's art market is booming. The nation's strengthening currency, the real, makes art priced in U.S. dollars cheaper in comparison to the country's own currency.

Asian buyers snatched the top-priced Boteros, including "A Family," which juxtaposes father and son with blank expressions as mother and daughter gaze at something unseen with their faces turned in opposite directions and an infant tugs on the mother's skirt.

South Asian buyers figured prominently in the auction with Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam well represented. Many participated in the auction online.

The sale also set auction records for Mexico's painter, Dr. Atl, whose landscape, "La Nube (The Rain)," went for $326,500. Uruguayan Pedro Figari's "Baile Criollo" fetched $146,500, a record for an oil on board by the artist at auction.

Mexican artist Mathias Goeritz's sculpture, "Project for Energia," went for $86,500, a record for a bronze by the artist at auction.

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Fernando Botero's work titled ''A Family'' is shown in this undated handout photo from Sotheby's.

Credit: Reuters/Sotheby's/Handout

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NEW YORK | Thu May 26, 2011 4:12pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Strong demand for Brazilian abstract art and works by Colombia's Fernando Botero propelled Sotheby's to its best-selling auction of Latin American art with more than $21.6 million in sales.

Botero's painting "A Family," which fetched $1.4 million, was the top seller at Wednesday's sale and his "Man on a Horse" set a record for a bronze sculpture for the artist at auction -- at $1.17 million.

Overall, Botero works accounted for a third of the total sale, which topped Sotheby's $21 million Latin American sale record, set in the spring 2008 before the financial crisis sent art markets into a tailspin.

"In every crisis, there is somebody who makes money and they have to spend it," said Carmen Melian, Sotheby's Latin American art chief. "I think also the big shock is over ... some people are starting to buy and the whole cycle (of art buying) starts all over again.

Unusually for Botero at auction, three decades of his work were represented, including earlier art seen as political like the 1975 "El Presidente," which fetched $266,500.

The evening's most intense bidding was for Brazilian abstract sculptures made of wood.

Brazilian Cildo Meireles' 1982 sculpture "In-Mensa" sold for $518,000, an artist auction record. It fuses polished brown wood into hybrid furniture, tricking the eye into alternatively identifying what parts are chairs or tables.

"Relief 13/83," Brazilian Sergio Camargo's sculpture, dating from 1965, fetched $842,500.

Sotheby's said Brazil's art market is booming. The nation's strengthening currency, the real, makes art priced in U.S. dollars cheaper in comparison to the country's own currency.

Asian buyers snatched the top-priced Boteros, including "A Family," which juxtaposes father and son with blank expressions as mother and daughter gaze at something unseen with their faces turned in opposite directions and an infant tugs on the mother's skirt.

South Asian buyers figured prominently in the auction with Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam well represented. Many participated in the auction online.

The sale also set auction records for Mexico's painter, Dr. Atl, whose landscape, "La Nube (The Rain)," went for $326,500. Uruguayan Pedro Figari's "Baile Criollo" fetched $146,500, a record for an oil on board by the artist at auction.

Mexican artist Mathias Goeritz's sculpture, "Project for Energia," went for $86,500, a record for a bronze by the artist at auction.

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Fernando Botero's work titled ''A Family'' is shown in this undated handout photo from Sotheby's.

Credit: Reuters/Sotheby's/Handout

By Walker Simon

NEW YORK | Thu May 26, 2011 4:12pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Strong demand for Brazilian abstract art and works by Colombia's Fernando Botero propelled Sotheby's to its best-selling auction of Latin American art with more than $21.6 million in sales.

Botero's painting "A Family," which fetched $1.4 million, was the top seller at Wednesday's sale and his "Man on a Horse" set a record for a bronze sculpture for the artist at auction -- at $1.17 million.

Overall, Botero works accounted for a third of the total sale, which topped Sotheby's $21 million Latin American sale record, set in the spring 2008 before the financial crisis sent art markets into a tailspin.

"In every crisis, there is somebody who makes money and they have to spend it," said Carmen Melian, Sotheby's Latin American art chief. "I think also the big shock is over ... some people are starting to buy and the whole cycle (of art buying) starts all over again.

Unusually for Botero at auction, three decades of his work were represented, including earlier art seen as political like the 1975 "El Presidente," which fetched $266,500.

The evening's most intense bidding was for Brazilian abstract sculptures made of wood.

Brazilian Cildo Meireles' 1982 sculpture "In-Mensa" sold for $518,000, an artist auction record. It fuses polished brown wood into hybrid furniture, tricking the eye into alternatively identifying what parts are chairs or tables.

"Relief 13/83," Brazilian Sergio Camargo's sculpture, dating from 1965, fetched $842,500.

Sotheby's said Brazil's art market is booming. The nation's strengthening currency, the real, makes art priced in U.S. dollars cheaper in comparison to the country's own currency.

Asian buyers snatched the top-priced Boteros, including "A Family," which juxtaposes father and son with blank expressions as mother and daughter gaze at something unseen with their faces turned in opposite directions and an infant tugs on the mother's skirt.

South Asian buyers figured prominently in the auction with Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam well represented. Many participated in the auction online.

The sale also set auction records for Mexico's painter, Dr. Atl, whose landscape, "La Nube (The Rain)," went for $326,500. Uruguayan Pedro Figari's "Baile Criollo" fetched $146,500, a record for an oil on board by the artist at auction.

Mexican artist Mathias Goeritz's sculpture, "Project for Energia," went for $86,500, a record for a bronze by the artist at auction.

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