Archive, Fine Art, Southeast Asian Art

(Vietnam/France, 1906-1980)
Retour de la cueillette (Back from Fruit Picking)
signed and dated ‘MAI TR THU 1935’ (lower right)
pastel, charcoal, and chalk on paper
58.8 x 38.8 cm. (23 1/8 x 15 1/4 in.)
Executed in 1935
one seal of the artist

The Melchior Dejouany Collection: The Phoenix Glue and the Broken Silk Thread, Christie's Paris

Provenance
Christie's Hong Kong, 3 December 2020
Collection of Jean-Marc Lefèvre, Paris, France
Private Collection, France
Collection of Melchior Dejouany, France

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