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Vu Cao Dam (1908-2000) Bouddha (Buddha) signed, dated and inscribed ‘vu cao dam Vence 54’ (lower right) oil on panel 61 x 40.5 cm. (24 x 16 in.) Painted in 1954 Provenance Collection of Mr Tuan H Pham, California, USA The Secularization of Existence When Vu Cao Dam created this painting in 1954, he was undergoing a “profound artistic and philosophical mutation” (according to his …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) Maternité signed in Chinese and English and stamped (lower left) gouache on silk 54.5 x 46 cm painted in 1940 Le Pho, “Maternité”, 1940 : from the European sacred to the secular pluriversal The first time Le Pho had a glimpse at the Madonna and Child was probably in Vietnam, in a church, a school or a monastery. But the real …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) Nativité (The Nativity) signed in Chinese and signed ‘Le Pho’ (upper right) ink and gouache on silk 69 x 54.5 cm. (27 1/8 x 21 ½ in.) Painted in 1941 one seal of the artist Provenance Galerie Lorenceau, Vichy, France Private collection, France Thence by descent to the previous owner Acquired from the above by the present owner Illustrated George Waldemar, …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) Le Concert signed ‘Le pho’, signed again in Chinese (upper centre); inscribed ‘Le Concerte No 62’ (on the reverse) one seal of the artist ink and gouache on silk laid on board 60 x 50 cm. (23 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.) Painted in 1938 one seal of the artist Provenance Galerie Romanet, Algiers Acquired from the above by the previous …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) Abandon signed in Chinese and signed ‘Le pho’ (lower left); gallery label affixed on the reverse ink, oil and gouache on silk 49.5 x 49 cm. (19 ½ x 19 ¼ in.) Painted in 1946 Le Pho: Abandon, a Milestone in the Artist’s Work All the greatest painters keep painting interpretations of the same subject as their relation to the world. …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) La Toilette (Washing) signed ‘Le pho’, signed again in Chinese (upper right) ink and gouache on silk laid on paper 31 x 23 cm. (12 1/4 x 9 in.) Painted in 1942 on seal of the artist Provenance A personal gift from Le Pho to Docteur Tinh Doan, Troyes, France Private Collection, UK Literature Waldemar George, Le Pho, 1970 (illustrated, np). …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) La Pagode signed and dated ‘Le Pho 1930’ (lower right); titled and dated ‘La Pagode 1930’ (on the reverse) oil on paper laid on board 111.5 x 140 cm. (43 7/8 x 55 1/8 in.) Painted in 1930 In olden times, Vietnam is confronted by a double necessity: to defend the territory and to consolidate the monarchy. For that reason, the …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) Les poissons rouges (Goldfish) signed ‘Le pho’ and signed in Chinese (lower right) ink and gouache on silk 52 x 69.5 cm. (20 1/2 x 27 3/8 in.) Painted circa. 1940 one seal of the artist The Beauty of Domesticated Nature The painting presented here is unique in the production of the artist- subject to external stock taking. Indeed, if the women and …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) La femme en jaune (Woman in Yellow) signed in Chinese, signed ‘lepho’ (upper right), inscribed and titled ‘408 Romanet A 71 La femme en jaune’, with a stamp from Algerian customs (on the reverse) ink and gouache on silk 42.5 x 28.3 cm. (16 3/4 x 11 1/8 in.) Painted circa.1938 one seal of the artist Provenance Galerie Romanet, Algiers, Algeria …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) Les Èternitès (Eternities) signed ‘Le Pho’ and signed again in Chinese (lower right on front of panel) and signed ‘Le Pho’ and signed again in Chinese (lower left on back of panel) lacquer on panel 40 1/8 x 49¼ in. (102 x 125 cm.) Executed circa 1935 Provenance Gift of the artist to Madame O. Tholance, spouse of Monsieur A. Tholance, …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) Amaryllis signed in Chinese and English and stamped (lower right) ink and gouache on silk 47 x 59 cm. (18 1/2 x 23 1/4 in.) painted circa 1935 on seal of the artist LE PHO – LES AMARYLLIS, 1934 A FLOWER IS ALSO A FLAG “Les Amaryllis” is an extremely rare piece by Le Pho and is perhaps the most beautiful …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) La Vierge Marie et l’enfant Jésus (The Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus) signed in Chinese and English and stamped with artist’s seal (upper right) gouache on silk Painted circa 1938 LE PHO – LA VIERGE MARIE ET L’ENFANT JESUS (THE VIRGIN MARY AND THE BABY JESUS), CIRCA 1938 OR AN EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION In 1970, art critic Waldemar–George (1893-1970) published his eponymous book …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) Jeune Fille en Blanc (Young Girl in White) signed in Chinese and English and stamped with artist’s seal (upper right) gouache on silk 33 7/8 x 19¾ in. (86 x 50 cm.) Painted in 1931-1932 Literature Hubert, Jean-François, and Noppe, Catherine, Arts du Vietnam: La fleur du pêcher et l’oiseau d’azur, Musée Royal de Mariemont, Morlanwelz, 2002 (illustrated in colour, p. …
Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) Elégante à la tasse de thé (Elegant lady with a cup of tea) signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le pho’ (upper left) ink and gouache on silk 38.5 x 28.5 cm. (15 1/8 x 11 ¼ in.) Painted circa 1938 one seal of the artist Price Realised HKD 2,375,000 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 11 July 2020 ELEGANT À LA TASSE …
Detail of Femme au perroquet (Lady with A Parrot) at Christie’s Hong Kong, 10 July 2020 Le Pho (1907-2001) Femme au perroquet (Lady with A Parrot) signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le pho’ (upper right) ink and gouache on silk 38.5 x 28.5 cm. (15 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.) Painted circa. 1938 one seal of the artist Four elements form the basis of …
Boi Tran (Vietnam, B. 1957) Madonna signed ‘Btran’ (lower right) oil on canvas 129,5 x 100 cm. (51 x 39 1/4 in.) Price realised HKD 43,750 at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 October 2008 Boi Tran’s pictorial work presents profound originality: it is part of an isolated approach, removed from the dominant schools; it expresses the search for universal humanism deeply rooted in a characteristically Vietnamese …
Nguyen Trung (Vietnam, B. 1940) Lady signed and dated ‘ng Trung08’ (lower right) oil on canvas 40 x 30 cm. (15 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.) painted in 2008 This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Boi Tran Garden dated 27 June 2012. Provenance Bonhams, Hong Kong, 2020 Private Collection Boi Tran Garden, Hue, Vietnam Acquired directly from the above by the present …
Great Collector Jean-Marc Lefèvre, Senior Expert Mr Jean-François Hubert, Vice President of Southeast Asian Art Dexter How, Logistics and Gallery Operations Manager Fiona Braslau and Deputy Chairman, International Director and Head of Department, Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art Evelyn Lin meeting in Paris, 7 February 2020 before the auction sale A Landmark Collection of Vietnamese Art: The Jean-Marc Lefèvre Collection at Christie’s Hong Kong on 3 …
Christie’s: The Tuan Pham Collection or The Conquest of the West, Hong Kong, 29 November 2019 To resist, to build, to share. These are strong words Tuan Pham lived by since he left his native Vietnam and arrived on the American soil in 1975 – the journey of a lifetime. An amazing amount of courage and energy was needed then in those difficult early days. …
Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam, 1906-1980) Portrait de Ngo Manh Duc (Portrait of Ngo Manh Duc) signed and dated ‘MAI THU 1942’ (lower left) pencil on paper 19 x 12.5 cm. (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 in.) Painted in 1942 one seal of the artist Provenance The Ngo Manh Duc Collection or The Homage of a Son to His Mother Mai Thu holding Ngo Manh Duc
Hoang Tich Chu (Vietnam, 1912-2003) Vietnamese Landscape signed and inscribed ‘Ht chu 1/55’ (lower right); signed and dated ’55 Chu’ (lower right) lacquer on board; & pencil on paper lacquer on board: 86 x 65 cm. (33 7/8 x 25 5/8 in.) pencil on paper: 24.5 x 19.5 cm. (9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.) Executed in 1955 Price Realised HKD 687,50 at Christie’s Hong …
Le Thi Luu (Vietnam/France, 1911-1988) La Confidence (Women Confiding) signed ‘leluu’ (lower right) ink and gouache on silk 41.5 x 33 cm. (16 3/8 x 13 in.) Painted circa. 1938 Literature Royal Museum of Mariemont, Arts du Vietnam, exh. cat., Morlanwelz, Belgium, 2002 (illustrated, p. 166). Exhibited Morlanwelz, Belgium, Royal Museum of Mariemont, Arts du Vietnam, April-August 2002. Price Realised HKD 2,500,000 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 24 …
Nguyen Phan Chanh (Vietnam, 1892-1984) La femme dans la rizière (The Woman in the Rice Field) signed and dated ‘Ng ph. Chanh 1936’ and signed ‘Hong Nan’ in Chinese (lower left); inscribed in Chinese ‘1936 Summer Painted by Nguyen Phan Chanh Hong Nan’ (middle left) ink and gouache on silk 56 x 37 cm. (22 x 14 5/8 in.) Painted in 1936 one seal of …
Christie’s The Ngo Manh Duc Collection or The Homage of a Son to His Mother, Hong Kong, November 24, 2019. Christie’s 20th Century and Contemporary Art (Morning Session) auction in Hong Kong features a fine selection of modern Southeast Asian art. This season is led by two very prestigeous collection – an important collection of Vietnamese paintings from the Tuan Pham collection, and the collection of …
Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) Les Teinturières signed in Chinese and signed ‘Le pho’ (lower left) ink and gouache on silk 41.5 x 32 cm. (16 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.) Painted circa. 1945 Provenance Galerie Art Français, Paris, France Anon. Sale, Sotheby’s Singapore, 16 April 2006, lot 88 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Private Collection, Asia Price Realised HKD 2,125,000 at …
Ngo Manh Duc (B. 1941), son of Le Thi Luu (Vietnam, 1911-1988) at his residence in Périgord, 2019. Born on 1 January 1941, he enunciates as “1.1.41” with his constant smile, speaking softly and slowly which never fails to grab the listener’s attention. He was brought up in a wonderful atmosphere of painters and intellectuals (often of Vietnamese origin), and this only helped to cement …
Marie Anatole Gaston Roullet (France, 1847-1925) Born November 15, 1847, in Ars-en-Ré and died December 2, 1925, in Paris, was a French painter and illustrator, appointed official painter of the Colonies and the Navy in 1885. He was the father of playwright and theatre and film director Jacques Roullet (1878-1946) and the uncle of watercolorist and painter Marie-Thérèse Dethan-Roullet (1870-1945). Son of Marie Zélie Boullineau …
Nguyen Sy Ngoc (Vietnam, 1919-1990) Graduated from the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine (1939-1944), during the first days of the 1945 August Revolution, he became a member of the National Salvation Cultural Association. He was notable among painters for subversive political stances. After 1944, he was a faculty member at the renamed EBAI, Hanoi University of Fine Arts. Still, for his participation in the journal Nhân Văn, …
Dr Tuan Pham’s confidences to Dexter How, Christie’s Vice President, Senior Specialist Head of Sale, Southeast Asian Art and Mr Jean-François Hubert, Christie’s Senior Expert, Vietnamese Art on August 30, 2017, and later on August 1, 2019. Monsieur Jean-François Hubert, a fine gentleman, I had the pleasure of meeting him for a few days in Paris a few years back and had a wonderful time discussing …
Bui Xuan Phai (Vietnam, 1920-1988) Portrait De M. Tran Thinh signed and dated ’71 lower right oil on canvas 78.5 x 56cm. (30¾ x 22¼in.) painted in 1971 Provenance Tham Thi Don Thu, widow of the model Exhibited 1988, Artist’s Exhibition, Art and Literature Association of Hanoi, 19 Hang Buon Street. Bui Xuan Phai, 1971, the « Portrait Of Tran Quy Thinh » or the …
Le Van De (Vietnam, 1906-1966) A Lady of Hue signed in Chinese and signed, inscribed, and dated ‘Le Van De/Hanoi 45’ (lower right) ink and gouache on silk 80 x 34 cm. (31 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.) Painted in 1945 one seal of the artist This artwork is accompanied by a letter of authenticity dated 1992, signed by Diep Minh Chau. The quest for …
Le Pho’ s Three Periods: Early Works – Romanet – Findlay If we consider Le Pho’s work over his life (1907-2001), three periods appear, each with a distinct history and style. The first period from the late 20’s till 1945 is qualified as « early works », the second period, 1946-1962, named the Romanet’s period and finally, the Findlay’s period from 1963 to his death in 2001. The three periods are justified each by …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) Le Printemps (Spring) signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le pho’ (lower left) mixed media on silk laid on board 72.5 x 49.5 cm. (28 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.) Painted circa 1955 LE PHO, LE PRINTEMPS, c. 1955, A TURN IN THE ARTIST’S WORK It is always fascinating to observe in the work of an artist the successive stages of construction …
Boi Tran (Vietnam, B. 1957) Elégantes in Hué (Elegant in Hue) signed ‘BTran’ (lower right, right panel) lacquer on panel, triptych 47¼ x 31½ in. (120 x 80 cm.) each; 47¼ x 94½ in. (120 x 240 cm.) overall Provenance Ravenel Taiwan, 2019 Private Collection, Taiwan Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2010 Private collection of the artist Price Realised HKD 119,106 (USD 15,189) at Ravenel …
Nguyen Trung (Vietnam, B. 1940) Lady in Ao Dai with a Ngoc Anh Flower in Her Hands signed and dated ‘ng. Trung 1999’ (lower left) lacquer on panel 100 x 100 cm. (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.) Painted in 1999 Provenance Acquired directly from the artist Collection of Boi Tran Garden, Hue, Vietnam Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 November 2017 Price Realised HKD 200,000 at Christie’s …
Luong Xuan Nhi (Vietnam, 1914-2006) Le Pécheur et Sa Famille (Fisherman and Family) signed ‘Luong Xuan Nhi’ (lower left); signed again, dated and inscribed in Chinese (lower right) ink and gouache on silk 67 x 110 cm. (26 3/8 x 43 1/4 in.) Painted in 1940 one seal of the artist Provenance Collection of Mr Tuan H Pham, California, USA Christie’s Hong Kong, 24 May 2019 …
Vu Cao Dam (1908-2000) Le Mandarin (The Mandarin) signed in Chinese and signed ‘vu cao dam’ (lower right) ink and gouache on silk 145.5 x 71 cm. (57 1/8 x 28 in.) Painted in 1942 one seal of the artist Provenance Anon. sale, Sotheby’s Singapore, 4 April 2004 Lot 55 Acquired from the above sale by the present owner Collection of Mr Tuan H Pham, …
Vu Cao Dam (1908-2000) Femme Agenouillée (Kneeling Woman) inscribed ‘terre cuite, pièce unique’ and signed ‘vu cao dam’ (on the base) terracotta sculpture 29.5 (H) x 28.5 x 31.5 cm. (11 5/8 x 11 1/4 x 12 3/8 in.) (with pedestal) Executed circa. 1940-1945 unique edition Provenance Anon. Sale, Sotheby’s Singapore, 4 April 2004, lot 74 Acquired from the above sale by the present owner …
