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Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam, 1906-1980) Jeune Fille en deuil (Young Lady mourning) signed and dated 'MAI-THU 1937' (lower right) oil on canvas 118 x 72 cm. Painted in 1937

Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam, 1906-1980) Jeune Fille au bouquet de lotus - Mademoiselle Phuong (Young Lady with the Lotus Bouquet - Mrs Phuong) signed and dated 'MAI-THU 1937' (lower right) oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm. Painted in 1937 Exhibited Résidence Supérieure de l’Annam, Hue, 1932

Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam, 1906-1980) Autoportrait aux lunettes (Self-portrait with Glasses) original frame of the artist oil on canvas 45 x 32 cm. (17 ²³/₃₂ x 12 ¹⁹/₃₂ in.) Painted around 1950 Accompanied by a photograph of Mai Trung Thu posing in front of the work.

Le Pho's Une tasse de thé (A Cup of Tea) featured on the front cover of Drouot Publication: Binoche issued on 9 June 1997 before the exhibition of Vietnamese art in the Netherlands, 1997. Handwriting by the author Christie's Senior Expert Jean-François Hubert for Bem "Pour Bem, la meilleure" ("Dear Bem, the best") dated 7 ...

Le Pho (1907-2001) Une tasse de thé (A Cup of Tea) signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le pho’ (upper left); inscribed ‘Une tasse de thé’ (on the reverse) ink and gouache on silk laid on paper 36 x 29 cm. (14 1/8 x 11 3/8 in.) Painted circa 1938-1940 one seal of the artist ...

Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam, 1906-1980) La Guerre (The War) signed 'MAI THU' and dated '1968' in Chinese (lower right) ink and gouache on silk in the original frame 65.5 x 47 cm. (25 ¾ x 18 ½ in.) Painted in 1968 one seal of the artist La Guerre (The War), 1968, by Mai Thu: A ...

Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam/France, 1906-1980) Le Vent Printanier (The Wind of Spring) signed and dated 'MAI THU 1940' (upper right) ink and gouache on silk 55 x 40 cm. (21 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.) Painted in 1940 one seal of the artist Price Realised HKD 1,750,000 at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 December 2020 SPRING ...

Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam, 1906-1980) La Jeune Fille de Hué signed and dated 'MAI THU 1937' (lower right) oil on canvas 75 x 70 cm. (29 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.) Painted in 1937 Love is always a multitude of emotions. To think it, takes courage, to know it, requires experience and to paint it, ...

Detail of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres's Grand Odalisque which was 'Vietnamized' on Mai Trung Thu's Nu (Nude) as an acculturation. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (France, 1780-1867) La Grande Odalisque oil on canvas 88.9 x 162.56 cm. (35 x 64 in.) Painted in 1814 Collection of Louvre Museum, Paris, France Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, a French Neoclassical painter, ...

Mai Trung Thu depicting his work Nu (Nude) at his atelier. Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980)'s Nu (Nude), 1970, ink and gouache on silk, 47 x 70 cm. (18 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.)