Tran Dinh Thuc Doan | Vietnam Art & Cultural Archive

March 7, 2024 Archive, Art World News, Fine Art, Old Masters

Joan Miró (Italy, 1893-1983)
L'échelle de l'évasion (The Escape Ladder)
signed 'Miró' (centre left)
oil on burlap
28 7⁄8 x 21 3⁄8 in. (73.5 x 54.3 cm.)
Painted in December 1939

Estimate
GBP 2,700,000 – GBP 3,500,000

Price Realised
GBP 3,428,000

Christie's London, The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale, 7 March 2024

Portrait of Empress Nam Phuong (1913–1963), the last Empress of the Nguyễn Dynasty, was executed in Hue on 24 March 1934 by the French painter-traveller Léa Lafugie, on the occasion of the enthronement ceremony of the Empress according to the imperial decree conferring the title of Empress Nam Phuong.

The work was previously presented at Drouot Paris @drouot_paris | Boisgirard-Antonini, Arts de l’Asie et de l’Orient, on 14 June 2019 (lot 336).

LÉA LAFUGIE (1880–1972)
Portrait of Empress Nam Phuong (1913–1963), on the Day of her Enthronement, Hué, 24 March 1934
signed (lower right); inscribed and dated ‘Hué, 24 mars 1934’ (lower right)
ink, colours and white gouache on paper
46.5 × 31 cm. (18¼ × 12¼ in.)
on the seal of the artist

Drouot Paris | Boisgirard-Antonini, Paris, Arts de l’Asie et de l’Orient, 14 June 2019, lot 336.

Nguyen Cao Thuong
Dòng Chảy Không Ngắt Quãng Của Lịch Sử (The Unbroken Continuum of History)
signed and dated (lower right)
oil on canvas
123 × 290 cm. (48 3/8 × 114 1/8 in.)
Executed in 1989–1990