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Le Thi Luu, Renée Appriou (wife of Vu Cao Dam), Yannick Vu, Michel Vu, Vu Cao Dam, X (left to right) at Avenue du Parc, Vanves, the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France, photograph taken in May 1946 and gifted with appreciation to Mr Jean-François Hubert, Christie’s Senior Expert, Vietnamese Art by Mr Ngo Manh Duc, ...
Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) with his Nue (Nude) and Femme du Mandarin (The Mandarin’s Wife), Paris, circa 1938. Born in North Vietnam, Le Pho studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Hanoi in 1925, furthering his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris in 1931. He returned to Vietnam from 1932 to 1937, ...
Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) and his wife Paulette Vaux in Paris, 1962. Paulette Vaux was a French journalist for Time and Life magazines in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris and a niece of the photographer Marc Vaux (1985-1971), known for his B&W photographs.
Nguyen Phan Chanh (Vietnam, 1892-1984) painting in his studio
On occasion stamped on the artists’ memories of Hoang Tich Chu (Vietnam, 1912-2003) visiting Nguyen Gia Tri (Vietnam, 1908-1993) at his home in Saigon. A meeting of the two lacquer masters of Vietnamese Art.
Mai Trung Thu, Vu Cao Dam and Le Pho in front of Galerie Van Ryck in Paris, 1946.
Alain Le Kim, Le Pho, Paulette Vaux, and Pierre Le-Tan (left to right), Paris, 1963.
Vu Cao Dam, friend of artist, Le Thi Luu, friend of artist, Pham Van Dong (seated), Le Pho (standing), Mai Trung Thu (left to right), Paris, 1946.
Mai Trung Thu restoring a commemorative painting in Macon, France circa 1941
Wally Findlay and Le Pho, 1963
