Alix Aymé (France, 1894-1989)
Portrait d'une jeune fille (Portrait of a Girl)
signed Alix Aymé (lower left)
oil on canvas
55.5 x 46 cm. (21 7⁄8 x 18 1⁄8 in.)
Painted circa 1938

Provenance
Collection of Paul Mus, France
Christie's Singapore, 2 April 2000, lot 39
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature
S.W. Low (ed.), Between Declarations and Dreams: Art of Southeast Asia since the 19th Century, exh. cat., National Gallery Singapore, 2015 (illustrated, plate 17, p. 36; plate 101, p. 155).
S. Siew (ed.), Between Declarations and Dreams: Art of Southeast Asia since the 19th Century, Selections from the Exhibition, exh. cat., National Gallery Singapore, 2015 (illustrated, p. 35).

Exhibited
National Gallery Singapore, Between Declarations and Dreams: Art of Southeast Asia since the 19th Century, November 2015.
Hong Kong, LGDR & Wei, Scenes Of This World: Modern Paintings From Singapore and Vietnam, January-March 2023.

Estimate
HKD 300,000 – HKD 500,000

Price Realised
HKD 504,000

Christie’s, The Henderson, Hong Kong
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