LIttle Girl with Doll 1918

Tsuguharu Foujita painted "Little Girl with Doll" with oil on canvas. The doll, clutched in the girl's arms, transcends mere toy status; it becomes an emblem of childhood innocence, reminiscent of ancient votive figures. The act of holding, cradling, echoes the Madonna and Child motif, but it is imbued with a uniquely personal context. This composition evokes the archetypal mother-child bond—a fundamental human experience. The doll, a symbol of a child's play, is charged with psychological complexity. The doll is an early mirror reflecting the self. Foujita taps into the subconscious, engaging viewers on a deeply emotive level. Such gestures appear across centuries, each time resurrected and reshaped, bearing witness to enduring human concerns and shared psychological undercurrents.