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Lee Miller (America, 1907-1977) In Hitler’s Bathtub Secret behind the photo The Woman in Hitler’s Bathtub by Lee Miller With this black and white photograph of a beautiful woman in a bathtub, the look a little lost, a little vague, it would almost look like a Hitchcock movie… The tension is palpable and yet you will see that here reality exceeds fiction. This beautiful American …
The Musée Cernuschi is hosting a groundbreaking exhibition from October 11, 2024, to March 9, 2025, dedicated to the pioneers of modern Vietnamese art in France: Le Pho (1907-2001), Mai-Thu (1906-1980), and Vu Cao Dam (1908-2000). This marks the first large-scale retrospective in France celebrating these three influential artists. The exhibition showcases 150 works, tracing their artistic journeys from their early education at the Hanoi School …
Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) Fleurs de prunier (Plum Blossoms) signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le pho’ and (lower right); inscribed ‘Palm Beach’ (on the reverse); gallery label affixed (on the reverse) oil on silk laid on board 92 x 65 cm. (36 1⁄4 x 25 5⁄8 in.) Painted circa 1960 Estimate HKD 400,000 – HKD 600,000 The work will be on the auction at Christie’s 20th …
Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) Le premier âge (The Newborn) signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le pho’ (lower right); titled and inscribed ‘W.F. Findlay Chicago Le premier âge’ (on the reverse) oil on canvas 115 x 146.5 cm. (45 1⁄4 x 57 5⁄8 in.) Painted in the 1970s Estimate HKD 600,000 – HKD 900,000 The work will be on the auction at Christie’s 20th and …
Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) La lettre (The Letter) signed in Chinese, signed again ‘Le pho’ (lower left); titled, inscribed and numbered ‘No 95 Chicago W. Findlay la lettre’ (on the reverse); gallery label affixed (on the reverse) oil on canvas 81 x 60 cm. (31 7⁄8 x 23 5⁄8 in.) Painted circa 1970 Estimate HKD 350,000 – HKD 550,000 The work will be on the auction at …
Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam/France, 1908-2000) Dans la campagne (In the Countryside) signed and dated ‘Vu cao dam 72’ (lower right); signed, signed again in Chinese, titled, and dated ‘Dans la campagne vu cao dam 1972’ (on the reverse) oil on canvas 114.5 x 146.5 cm. (45 1⁄8 x 57 5⁄8 in.) Painted in 1972 Estimate HKD 700,000 – HKD 900,000 The work will be on …
Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam/France, 1908-2000) Le guerrier (The Warrior) signed and dated ‘Vu cao dam 64’ (lower right); signed in Chinese, signed again, titled, inscribed and dated ‘Vu cao dam 64 New York Le guerrier’ (on the reverse) oil on canvas 114.3 x 146.7 cm. (45 x 57 3⁄4 in.) Painted in 1964 Estimate HKD 600,000 – HKD 800,000 The work will be on the …
Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) Les musiciens dans un jardin (Musicians in a Garden) signed in Chinese, signed ‘Le pho’ (upper left) ink and gouache on silk 72 x 54 cm. (28 3⁄8 x 21 1⁄4 in.) Painted circa 1940 one seal of the artist Estimate HKD 5,000,000 – HKD 7,000,000 The work will be on the auction at Christie’s 20th and 21st Century Art on September 26th …
In celebration of the opening of Christie’s new Asia Pacific headquarters at The Henderson, we are proud to present a landmark auction featuring 20th and 21st Century Art. This inaugural sale will take place from September 23 to 26 and will include an impressive preview of seminal works by leading masters of both the modern and post-war eras, as well as contemporary luminaries and emerging …
Argument Interviewing Vietnamese Art Expert Jean-François Hubert, published in July – September 2024. One lucky day, while I was souring shion and euption and new talent. I came face to face with a very discreet personality who l’ve been following on social networks for decades. Here is a portrait of Jean-Francois Hubert, the renowned expert in Vietnamese art. Our friendship began with The Mandarin’s Wife …
Nguyen Tuong Lan (Vietnam, 1906-1946) Dans les lotus (Among the Lotuses) signed with artist’s monogram, signed in Chinese, signed again and dated ‘NTLAN 1933’ (upper right); signed and dated ‘NT Lan 1933’ (lower right); signed and titled ‘n.tường lân Dans les lotus’ (on the reverse) ink and gouache on silk 46.5 × 78 cm. (18 1/4 x 30 3/4 in.) Painted in 1933 Estimate HKD …
Alix Aymé (France, 1894-1989) Pastorale signed ‘Alix Aymé’ (lower right of the middle panel) lacquer on panel each: 150 x 76 cm. (59 × 29 7/8 in.) (3) overall: 150 x 229 cm. (59 x 90 1/8 in.) Painted circa 1938-1940 Provenance Private collection, France Acquired from the above by the present owner Estimate HKD 1,000,000 – 1,800,000 USD 128,600 – 231,400 The work will …
Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) Danseuses (Dancers) signed and located ‘LE PHO HANOI’ (lower left); signed with the stamp of the School of Fine Arts of Indochine (lower right) and the stamp Tam-Tho Bôi Chanh, 58 phô gac Ninh Hanoi on the reverse watercolour, gouache on paper 244,5 x 98 cm. (kakemono 422 x 150 cm.) Painted in 1929 Collection of The Musée du Quai Branly …
Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam/France, 1906-1980) L’Adieu (The Farewell) signed and located ‘MAI TRUNG THU HANOI’ (lower left); signed with the stamp of the School of Fine Arts of Indochine (lower right) and the stamp Tam-Tho Bôi Chanh, 58 phô gac Ninh Hanoi on the reverse watercolour, gouache on paper 243,5 x 98 cm. (kakemono 435 x 147 cm.) Painted in 1929 Collection of The Musée …
A group of students, including Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam/France, 1908-2000) (top, right), at the School of Fine Arts in Hanoi circa 1928; on the left-hand side, the bronze Tête de Jeune Fille Annamite (Young Annamite Girl) by Vu Cao Dam; on the back wall, a large painting by Le Pho; and the two large kakemonos L’adieu (The Farewell) by Mai Trung Thu and Danseuses (Dancers) …
Detail of Le Pho‘s La Maison Familiale au Tonkin Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) La Maison Familiale au Tonkin signed and dated ‘LE-PHO HANOI-1929’ oil on canvas 205 x 441 cm. (80 11/16 x 173 5/8 in.) Painted in 1929 Collection of La maison de l’Asie du Sud-Est à la Cité Universitaire (formerly Cité Internationale universitaire de Paris), Paris, France.
Inauguration of Buste de Victor Tardieu (Bust of Victor Tardieu) by Georges Khanh (Vietnam, 1902-Unknown) at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine, Hanoi, 1939, in the presence of local authorities, particularly Governor Camerlynk, teachers and students of the school. In the background, the villa and the workshop of La Jonchère.
Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam/France, 1908-2000) posing with his original sculpture Femme nue or Baigneuse (Nude) made by sage and clay in Hanoi, 1929. The sculpture was exhibited at the Exposition Coloniale Internationale Paris in 1931 and recently on display at The Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Paris, France
The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin, the only work by Jan van Eyck (about 1390/95-1441) to be held in France, is one of the Louvre’s master paintings. Jan van Eyck (Netherlands, about 1390/95-1441) Madonna of Chancellor Rolin oil on panel 66 x 62 cm Painted circa 1435 Collection of Musée du Louvre, Paris To celebrate the historic conservation work carried out on Jan van Eyck’s masterpiece …
Mai Trung Thu’s Portrait de Mademoiselle Phuong, Nguyen Phan Chanh’s Les Chanteuses de Campagne, Le Van De’s Les bords du fleuve Rouge featured at The School of Fine Arts of Hanoi early 1930s; first exposed to the public at the Paris Colonial Exposition 1931. Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam/France, 1906-1980) Portrait de Mademoiselle Phuong signed and dated ‘MAI-TRUNG-THU 1930’ oil on canvas 135.5 x 80 cm …
Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands, 1853-1890) Sunflowers oil on canvas 92.2 × 73 cm (36.3 × 29 in) Painted in 1888 Collection of National Gallery, London The secret behind the painting Van Gogh’s Sunflowers A series of 6 paintings produced in 1888 and 1889, the Sunflowers were intended to decorate Gauguin’s room, which Van Gogh was preparing to move into the Yellow House in Arles. The …
Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (France, 1767-1824) L’Odalisque oil on canvas 40,3 x 32,7 cm (15 7/8 x 12 7/8 in.) Estimate EUR 80,000 – EUR 120,000 Price realised EUR EUR 378,000 at Christie’s: Maîtres Anciens: Peintures – Sculptures, Paris, 12 June 2024 This portrait of a young girl with luxurious dark curls was gifted by artist to the ancestors of the current owners, and is being offered at …
Rare and Important Buddha Statue In Gilded Copper Nepal, Early Malla Period, 13th Century Height: 21,5 cm. (8 ½ in.) Estimate EUR 300,000 – EUR 500,000 Price realised EUR 428,400 at Christie’s: Art d’Asie, Paris, 13 June 2024 The figure presented here stands as a quintessential example of Newari gilt-copper craftsmanship, hailing from the earliest years of the Malla period, widely acclaimed as the zenith …
Christie’s Paris: Art d’Asie, 6-18 June 2024, presents 240 lots of important porcelain and works of art, including cloisonné enamels, lacquer and Buddhist sculptures. Highlights include a selection of extremely rare porcelain from the Ming Dynasty from a private European collection comprising a yellow-ground blue and white ‘gardenia’ dish from the Zhengde reign (1506-1521) and an important Junyao tripod narcissus bowl, Yuan-Ming Dynasty, 14th-15th century. …
Le Pho’s son Alain Le Kim, Anne-Solenne Hatte and Christie’s Vietnamese Art Expert Jean-François Hubert at Christie’s Paris exhibition The Phoenix Glue and the Broken Silk Thread – Important Vietnamese Artworks from the Melchior Dejouany Collection Christie’s Vietnamese Art Expert Jean-François Hubert, Kim Chi Pho and Le Pho’s son Alain Le Kim at the exhibition The Phoenix Glue and the Broken Silk Thread – Important …
Henry Howard-Sneyd, Chairman of Asian Arts, Americas, and Europe, headed an auction for an extremely rare Qing Dynasty bowl, one of only three known to exist, at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong on April 3, 2018. This bowl, made for the Chinese emperor Kangxi, fetched 30.4 million USD at Sotheby’s. Henry Howard-Sneyd is Chairman of Asian Art, Europe and Americas based between London and New York. He …
Sotheby’s Chairman of Asian Art, Europe and Americas based between London and New York and lead Auctioneer globally in Asian Art Henry Howard-Sneyd and Christie’s Vietnamese Art Expert Jean-François Hubert at Christie’s Paris exhibition The Phoenix Glue and the Broken Silk Thread – Important Vietnamese Artworks from the Melchior Dejouany Collection, 9 Avenue Matignon 75008 Paris, France Henry Howard-Sneyd, Chairman of Asian Arts, Americas, and …
French collector Melchior Dejouany and Hong Kong collector Richard Kan at Christie’s Paris exhibition The Phoenix Glue and the Broken Silk Thread – Important Vietnamese Artworks from the Melchior Dejouany Collection, 9 Avenue Matignon 75008 Paris, France Hong Kong collector Richard Kan (Courtesy Sotheby’s) Richard Kan is a Hong Kong-based collector of international repute of objects of fine art, an organizer of important exhibitions worldwide …
Jean Siméon Chardin’s Le Melon entamé fetched EUR €26,730,000 at Christie’s Paris, 12 June 2024 Chardin was the pre-eminent still-life painter of his day and would go on to inspire Manet, Matisse and Cezanne. This masterpiece from the Rothschild family collection is offered with the estimate EUR 8,000,000 – 12,000,000 in Maîtres Anciens: Peintures – Sculptures on 12 June 2024 at Christie’s Paris Le melon …
The Melchior Dejouany Collection: The Phoenix Glue and the Broken Silk Thread at Christie’s Paris, 8-12 June 2024 Paris – Christie’s associated with the seventh edition of the Asian Spring in Paris. To celebrate the centenary of the creation of the School of Fine Arts of Indochina, Christie’s Paris present from June 8 to 13 an exhibition of important artworks from the Melchior Dejouany Collection …
