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The grand opening of Le Pho's exhibition on February 4, 1977; photograph of the artist's collectors Mr and Madame Collart (on left) at the exhibition published by the Daily Palm Beach News.

Le Pho, his wife Paulette Vaux and the artist's collectors Mr & Mrs Collart on the special occasion of the artist's exhibition in 1977.

Le Pho, his wife Paulette Vaux and the artist's collectors circa 1950.

The very first exhibition 'Le Gala du Salon de 1935', L'Avenir du Tonkin, 25 March 1935 held by SADEAI: Société Annamite d'Encouragement à l'Art et à l'Industrie (The Annamite Society for the encouragement of art and industry) initiated by Victor Tardieu in May 1934. It was granted legal capacity by a decision of the Governor ...

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