Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam/France, 1906-1980)
Leçon de calligraphie (Calligraphy Lesson)
signed 'MAI THU' and dated in Chinese (upper right); titled 'Leçon de calligraphie' (on the reverse)
ink and gouache on silk in the artist's original frame
17.6 × 17.8 cm. (6 7/8 x 7 in.)
Painted in 1977
one seal of the artist

Provenance
Galerie Jean-François Apesteguy, Deauville Acquired from the above by the previous owner
Artcurial, Paris, 4 December 2018, lot 172
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Estimate
HKD 260,000-350,000
USD 34,000-45,000

Price Realised HKD 327,600 at Christie's Hong Kong, 24 September 2023