Tran Dinh Thuc Doan

June 27, 2024 Archive, Artists

Le Thi Luu (Vietnam/France, 1911-1988) through the camera of Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam/France, 1906-1980) in 1950

Mai Trung Thu and Ngo Manh Duc, Nice, 1942

Le Thi Luu and her son Ngo Manh Duc, Monaco, 1942

Hoang Hong Cam (Vietnam, 1959–2011)
À la lampe (By Lamplight)
signed and dated ‘CAM 96’ (lower centre)
watercolour and oil on paperboard
83.5 × 106.5 cm. (32 7/8 × 41 7/8 in.)
Executed in 1996

Private Collection, US

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.

VINH PHOI (1937-2017)
Le temple (The Temple)
signed 'Vinh Phoi' (lower right)
gouache on paper
69.4 x 50.3 cm. (27 3/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
Executed in 1998
one seal of the artist

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

EBAI Le Thi Luu Mai Trung Thu The Ecole des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine The École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine The School of Fine Arts of Indochina