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Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam, 1908-2000) Tête de femme (Head of a Woman) signed ‘Vu Cao Dam’ (on the back of the neck) terracotta sculpture, with artist’s base sculpture: 20 (H) x 10 x 10 cm. (7 7/8 x3 7/8 x 3 7/8 in.) base: 6 x 6.7 x 7 cm. (2 3/8 x 2 5/8 ...

Le Pho (1907-2001) La femme aux rosiers (Lady with Roses) signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le Pho’ (upper left); titled ‘La femme aux rosiers’ (on the reverse) ink and gouache on silk laid on paper 61 x 42 cm. (24 x 16 1/2 in.) Painted circa 1940 one seal of the artist The painting ...

Conference on the very first Southeast Asian Pictures Preview of Christie's Singapore at Christie's Paris, 6 rue Paul Baudry, Paris, 1999. Philippe Delalande Specialist in Asian arts from Christie's France   and the Directors of Christie's Keong Ruoh Ling Specialist in Southeast Asian arts from Christie's Singapore Please give them the honor to attend the ...

Christie's official letter of invitation to the very first Southeast Asian Pictures Preview of Christie's Singapore at Christie's Paris, featuring a selection of highlights from the upcoming Singapore auction on 3 October 1999 at 6 rue Paul Baudry, 75008 Paris between 6th to 8th of September. The specialist of the Southeast Asian Pictures Department, Ms ...

Victor Tardieu (French, 1870-1937) La Métropole: la science dispense au peuple d’Annam ses bienfaits oil on canvas with traces of a grid 100 x 120 cm. (39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in.) painted circa 1924-1925 La Métropole: la science dispense au peuple d’Annam ses bienfaits, Portrait de femme à l'éventail, Maternities, La Vaccination, La Tonkinoise, and La ...

Victor Tardieu (French, 1870-1937) Portrait de femme à l'éventail sanguine and chalk on cardboard signed and dated 'Victor Tardieu Saigon 1922' (middle right) 48,5 x 65 cm. (19 1/16 x 25 9/16 in.) painted in 1922 La Métropole: la science dispense au peuple d’Annam ses bienfaits, Portrait de femme à l'éventail, Maternities, La Vaccination, La Tonkinoise, ...

Nguyen Thi Hau in Ngay Nay, Issue No. 1, 30 January 1935. Known as "the very first lady to have the latest Lemur clothing on", she later became a lawyer and mayor of Da Lat (1965-1966). She was the only female mayor in Vietnam's political history at that time. Promoted, worn, assumed, Cat Tuong’s ao ...

Nguyen Cat Tuong (Vietnamese, 1912-1946), alias LeMur Mother and child signed and dated 1940 (lower right) ink and gouache on silk 74,5 X 38,5 cm. (29 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.) painted in 1940 We can make our way to a better understanding of a man who was not only a talented painter but also ...

Nguyen Cat Tuong (Vietnam, 1912-1946), alias LeMur, was born in Son Tay. He graduated from the Indochina School of Fine Arts (fourth class, 1928-1933) where he was a fellow student of Nguyen Tuong Lan (1910-1942). Both belonged to the nationalist literary group, founded in 1932, the Tu Luc Van Doan (Autonomous Literary Group). It is ...

Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam/France, 1906-1980) and his father Mai Trung Cat (Vietnam, 1857-1945), a high dignitary of the imperial court of Hué.