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Maison-atelier de Foujita

Villiers-le-Bâcle, Essonne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Maison-atelier, y compris la peinture murale du mur-pignon ouest de l'atelier (cad. E 49) : inscription par arrêté du 9 septembre 1994
Protection dates
1994/09/09 : inscrit MH
Type
maison
Later work
3e quart 20e siècle
Dates
1965
Ownership
propriété du département
Address
7 route de Gif
Commune
Villiers-le-Bâcle
Département
Essonne
Region
Île-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
48.72612, 2.12375
Mérimée reference
PA00133001

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Troisieme Partie du Nouveau Canal" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Foujita acquiert cette maison de campagne en 1960 et y vit jusqu'à sa mort en 1968. Il y effectue des recherches sur la technique de la fresque : reste la peinture murale du mur-pignon datée de 1965.

English translation

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Foujita acquires this country house in 1960 and lives there until his death in 1968. He carries out research there on the technique of fresco: remaining is the wall painting of the gable wall dated 1965.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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