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Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam/France, 1908-2000) Tête de Jeune Fille Annamite (Head of Young Annamite Girl) bronze sculpture with brown patina 37 x 15 x 20 cm. Collection of The Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Paris, France

Le Thi Luu (Vietnam/France, 1911-1988) through the camera of Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam/France, 1906-1980) in 1950

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 ...

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 ...

Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001)'s La Maison Familiale au Tonkin displayed on the wall of the entertainment room in the Annamite students' hall of residence at Cité Internationale universitaire de Paris, France. In 1932, Vu Cao Dam moved in and stayed in this residence.

Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001)'s La Maison Familiale au Tonkin at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine, Hanoi, 1929.

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.

Victor Tardieu (France, 1870-1937)'s burial. Everyone is dressed in white, which is the color of mourning in Vietnam, June 1937

Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) with his painting Femme du Mandarin (The Mandarin’s Wife), Hanoi, circa 1933.

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