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Seated (left to right): Ngo Manh Duc (son of Le Thi Luu), Michel Vu (son of Vu Cao Dam), Jeanne Sineray, known as Sao, (wife of Mai Trung Thu disguised as a Breton with a costume by Yannick Vu painted by his father), Yannick Vu (daughter of Vu Cao Dam) wearing Sao's tunic. Standing (left ...

Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam/France, 1908-2000), Madame Nguyen Nguyet Nga and her husband Nguyen Huu Hop (left to right) at Vu Cao Dam's home, the villa Les Heures Claires in Vence, France, in 1953.

Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam/France, 1908-2000) posing with his original sculpture Femme nue or Baigneuse in Hanoi, 1929.

Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam/France, 1908-2000) with his wife Renée Appriou and his daughter Yannick Vu, 1956

Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands, 1853-1890) Naaiende vrouw (Woman Sewing) gouache, watercolour and black and white chalk on paper 23 ¾ x 17 ½ in. (60.1 x 44.6 cm.) Executed in Etten in October - November 1881 Estimate GBP 2,000,000 – GBP 3,000,000 Price Realised GBP 2,460,000 Christie's London, 20th/21st Century Evening Sale, 7 March 2024

Francis Bacon (Ireland/England, 1909-1992) Landscape near Malabata, Tangier titled and dated ‘Landscape near Malabata, Tangier 1963’ (on the reverse) oil on canvas 78 x 57in. (198.1 x 144.8cm.) Painted in 1963 Estimate GBP 15,000,000 – GBP 20,000,000 Price Realised GBP 19,630,000 Christie's London, 20th/21st Century Evening Sale, 7 March 2024

David Hockney (England, B. 1937) California acrylic on canvas 66 1⁄8 x 78 ¼in. (168 x 198.8cm.) Painted in 1965 Price Realised GBP 18,710,000 Christie's London, 20th/21st Century Evening Sale, 7 March 2024

Lucian Freud (German/England, 1922-2011) Kai oil on canvas 20 1⁄8 x 24 ¼ in. (51 x 61.5 cm.) Painted in 1991-1992 Estimate GBP 4,000,000 – GBP 6,000,000 Price Realised GBP 4,638,000 Christie's London, The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale, 7 March 2024

Joan Miró (Italy, 1893-1983) L'échelle de l'évasion (The Escape Ladder) signed 'Miró' (centre left) oil on burlap 28 7⁄8 x 21 3⁄8 in. (73.5 x 54.3 cm.) Painted in December 1939 Estimate GBP 2,700,000 – GBP 3,500,000 Price Realised GBP 3,428,000 Christie's London, The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale, 7 March 2024

Bui Xuan Phai (Vietnam, 1920-1988) Young Vietnamese woman on horseback signed upper right and dated 78, against paper marked “Ngua horse” ink, pencil and watercolour on paper 6 x 9.8 cm. Ngựa nội, in Vietnamese purebred, is the native horse breed of Vietnam. Estimate: EUR 1000-1200 On display and sale at Interencheres, 19 March 2024