Tran Dinh Thuc Doan | Vietnam Art & Cultural Archive

September 23, 2025 Archive, Exhibitions & Events, Fine Art, Southeast Asian Art

Selected magnificent Vietnamese works of art in the upcoming auction at Christie’s Hong Kong, 20th Century Day Sale on 27 September 2025

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

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