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Eugène Delacroix (France, 1798-1863) La Liberté guidant le peuple (Liberty Leading the People) oil on canvas 260 × 325 cm. (102.4 × 128.0 in.) painted in 1830 Collection of Louvre Museum, Paris, France Eugène Delacroix’s “Liberty Guiding the People” leaves the Louvre for restoration In 2019, the Paris museum launched a major restoration campaign for large 19thᵉ century formats. The painting, produced in 1830, will …
Auguste Rodin (France, 1840-1917) Le Baiser (The Kiss) sculpture; Marble 181.5 × 112.5 × 117 cm. (71.5 × 44.3 × 46 in.) Executed in 1882 Collection of Musée Rodin, Paris, France This couple embracing, this woman abandoning herself, this hand that the man places, barely, like a touch, on the hip of the one he loves! What work better symbolizes love? Who hasn’t recognized (or …
Raphael or Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italy, 1483-1520) Leone dieci, Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici (Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de’ Medici and Luigi de ‘Rossi’) oil on wood 154 cm × 119 cm (61 in × 47 in) Painted c. 1518-1520 Collection of Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy. I present for your admiration and study the c. 1518, Portrait of Pope Leo X (Leone dieci, Giovanni di Lorenzo …
Tran Phuc Duyen (Vietnam, 1923-1993) Les cueilleuses de la moyenne région au tonkin (The Pickers of the Middle Region in Tonkin) signed and inscribed ‘TRAN-PHUC-DUYEN ARTISTE-LAQUEUR HANOI VIETNAM 146 AV. DU GRAND BOUDDHA’ (on the reverse) lacquer on panel 74.5 × 51 cm. (29 3/8 × 20 1/8 in.) Executed circa 1948 Details of Tran Phuc Duyen’s signature The inscription ‘TRAN-PHUC-DUYEN ARTISTE-LAQUEUR HANOI VIETNAM 146 …
Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) Fleurs (Flowers) signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le pho’ (lower left); signed, titled and inscribed ‘LE PHO Fleurs WF BH W. F. Findlay’ (on the reverse); gallery label affixed (on the reverse) oil on canvas 73 × 92 cm. (28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in.) Painted circa 1970 Provenance Wally Findlay Galleries, Beverly Hills Private collection, USA Estimate HKD 280,000-380,000 …
Nguyen Gia Tri (Vietnam, 1908-1993) Ombres et lumières sur la moyenne région (Shadows and Lights on the Middle Region) signed and dated ‘Ng Tri 70’ (lower right) lacquer on panel 44 × 61 cm. (17 3/8 × 24 in.) Executed in 1970 Provenance Private collection, France Marseille Enchères Provence, Marseille, 14 November 2022, lot 142 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Estimate …
Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam/France, 1906-1980) Leçon de calligraphie (Calligraphy Lesson) signed ‘MAI THU’ and dated in Chinese (upper right); titled ‘Leçon de calligraphie’ (on the reverse) ink and gouache on silk in the artist’s original frame 17.6 × 17.8 cm. (6 7/8 x 7 in.) Painted in 1977 one seal of the artist Provenance Galerie Jean-François Apesteguy, Deauville Acquired from the above by the previous …
Christie’s Hong Kong, 20th/21st Century Art, 24 September 2023 03:00 PM (HKT) Coinciding with Christie’s 10th Shanghai Auction Anniversary, seminal paintings by Chinese art icons, Zao Wou-Ki and Liu Ye, will headline the sale, together with an exceptional and mesmerizing Yayoi Kusama Infinity Net. Masterful works by Paul Signac, Chu Teh Chun, Sanyu and Le Pho comprise a representative modern selection, alongside a unique array …
The Invention of Language: Shared Revolution of Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso An exhibition at Paris’s Musée du Luxembourg traces the relationship between the American writer and the Spanish painter and their influences on 20th-century art and marks the 50th anniversary of Picasso’s death in a place generally devoted to the broadly appealing celebration of the Renaissance and Impressionism; it brings together contemporary artists who …
Christie’s Invitation to a conference on the special occasion of the release of Gustave Caillebotte, L’impressioniste inconnu by Stéphanie Chardeau-Botteri at Christie’s Paris, 9 Avenue Matignon, Paris, 19 September 2023. Gustave Caillebotte by Stephanie Chardeau-Botteri For a long time, our families have known each other. For a long time, I had heard talk of the Josefowitz family, great art enthusiasts, great collectors of Caillebotte. It …
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (France, 1755-1842) Marie-Antoinette en chemise ou en gaulle (Marie Antoinette in a Chemise Dress) oil on canvas 92.7 x 73.1 cm (36 1/2 x 28 3/4 in.) Painted in 1783 Collection of National Gallery of Art, Washington DC At the Salon of 1783, Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Marie-Antoinette’s official portraitist and confidante, presented a portrait of the queen in a gown known …
Christie’s Invitation to a roundtable discussion on 25 Years of the Washington Principles on Nazi Confiscated Art. Keynote speaker Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, drafter of the Washington Principles and Christie’s Advisory Board Member will be joined by Simon Goodman, author of ‘The Orpheus Clock: The Search for My Family’s Art Treasures Stolen by the Nazis’; MacKenzie Mallon, Provenance Specialist at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; and …
Christie’s Paris presents Mai Trung Thu’s La coiffure (Hairdressing) before the auction at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 November 2023. Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam/France, 1906-1980) La coiffure (Hairdressing) signed ‘MAI THU’ (lower right) ink and gouache on silk 28.5 x 38.5 cm (11¼ × 15⅛ in.) Painted around 1939 one seal of the artist Estimate HK$ 800,000-1,500,000 US$ 100,000-190,000 EU€ 90,000-170,000
Christie’s Paris presents Luong Xuan Nhi’s Au marché aux fleurs de pâcher (Peach-blossoms market) before the auction at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 November 2023. Luong Xuan Nhi (Vietnam, 1914-2006) Au marché aux fleurs de pâcher (Peach-blossoms market) signed ‘Luong Xuan Nhi’ (lower left) ink and gouache on base mounted on paper 50 x 38 cm. (19 5/8 × 38 in.) Painted in 1939 on seal …
Christie’s Paris presents Mai Trung Thu’s Mère et enfants (Mother and Children) before the auction at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 November 2023. Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam/France, 1906-1980) Mère et enfants (Mother and Children) signed ‘MAI THU; dated in Chinese (lower left) ink and gouache on silk mounted on paper, in the artist’s original frame; with an artist’s stamp 53 x 20.5 cm (20⅞ × 8⅛ …
Christie’s Paris is delighted to present an exhibition of works by My-Lan Hoang-Thuy this September. My-Lan Hoang-Thuy was born in 1990 in Bourg-la-Reine, France. She works and lives in Paris. Graduated from the Beaux-arts de Paris (2018), she was nominated for the Prix des Amis des Beaux-Arts in 2018 and participated in the Artpress Biennial of Young Artists at the Musée d’Art Moderne of Saint-Étienne …
Bronze statue “Standing Woman” by Gaston Lachaise (France, 1882-1935) in Jardin des Tuileries (Tuileries Garden), which was one of the direct witnesses of the history of France: during the uprising of 1789, Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette took refuge in the palace after the revolutionaries had taken them back to the Palace of Versailles. Gaston Lachaise (France, 1882-1935) Standing Woman Bronze 1932
“The Decisive Moment”, Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare (1932), photographed by Henri Cartier-Bresson (France, 1908-2004), considered the father of modern photojournalism, he coined the term “The Decisive Moment” to refer to a moment when the photographer captures a fleeting second, immortalising it in time. “There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment.” Henri Cartier-Bresson The image was captured spontaneously at the …
The Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 The Hubble Space Telescope almost didn’t make it. Carried aloft in 1990 aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, it was over-budget, years behind schedule and, when it finally reached orbit, nearsighted, its 8-foot mirror distorted as a result of a manufacturing flaw. It would not be until 1993 that a repair mission would bring Hubble online. …
Christie’s Lates Picasso: A 50-year Legacy Celebrating Picasso’s artistic legacy One of history’s most influential artists, Pablo Picasso devoted his life to art for nearly 80 years. Throughout his long and varied career, Picasso produced more than 20,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, theatre sets and costumes. His innovation and genius continue to inspire beyond his time. 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Spanish …
Musée du Luxembourg Exposition: Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso – The Invention of Language To mark the 50th anniversary of Picasso’s death, the Musée du Luxembourg is staging a major exhibition on the story of the extraordinary friendship between two 20th-century icons, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and Gertrude Stein (1874-1946). Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), a Jewish American immigrant, writer, poet and aesthete, moved to Paris in 1903, …
The Steerage, 1907 by Alfred Stieglitz (America, 1864-1946). On May 14, 1907, Stieglitz and his family sailed to Europe aboard the fashionable Kaiser Wilhelm II. This picture was most likely taken several days later when the ship was moored in Plymouth, England. (Greenough, Key Set) As proprietor of the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession and publisher of the photographic journals Camera Notes and Camera Work, …
The Burning Monk, 1963, Malcolm W. Browne (America, 1931-2012) In June 1963, most Americans couldn’t find Vietnam on a map. But there was no forgetting that war-torn Southeast Asian nation after Associated Press photographer Malcolm Browne captured the image of Thich Quang Duc (Vietnam, 1897-1963) immolating himself on a Saigon street. Browne had been given a heads-up that something was going to happen to protest …
Lewis Wickes Hine (America, 1874-1940), Sadie Pfeifer, a Cotton Mill Spinner, Lancaster, South Carolina, 1908. Working as an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, Lewis Hine believed that images of child labor would force citizens to demand change. The muckraker conned his way into mills and factories from Massachusetts to South Carolina by posing as a Bible seller, insurance agent, or industrial photographer …
Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) Fleurs (Flowers) signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le pho’ (lower left); signed, titled and inscribed ‘LE PHO Fleurs WF BH W. F. Findlay’ (on the reverse); gallery label affixed (on the reverse) oil on canvas 73 × 92 cm. (28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in.) Painted circa 1970 Provenance Wally Findlay Galleries, Beverly Hills Private collection, USA Estimate HK$280,000-380,000 US$36,000-49,000 …
Nguyen Tuong Lan (Vietnam, 1906-1946) A la pagode (At the Temple) signed ‘NT Lan’ with the artist’s monogram (lower left); inscribed in Chinese (upper left) ink and gouache on silk 50 x 75 cm. (19 5/8 x 29 1/2 in.) Painted circa 1935 Provenance The Tholance-Lorenzi Collection Price Realised HKD 1,300,000 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 23 November 2014 France, Vietnam, and at to a larger …
Zhang Heng’s Seismoscope, The Zhang Heng’s Earthquake Recorder, Te Papa Collection, Museum of New Zealand. WHEN DRAGONS DETECTED EARTHQUAKES This interesting-looking pot is in fact a seismoscope, the first known in the world, invented in 132 CE by a Chinese scholar named Zhang Heng. It’s a seismoscope, not a seismograph, which means it can detect the direction of an earthquake, but not its density. Nevertheless, …
Jean-Baptiste Huynh (France, B. 1966) Vietnam – Main 1, 1996 silver print, mounted on aluminum a certificate of authenticity from the artist accompanies the work. image/sheet/mount: 234.5 x 120 cm. (92 3/8 x 47 ¼ in.) This print is an artist’s proof. Literature Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Intime infini, Actes Sud, Paris, 1996, couverture. Further Details Gelatin Silver Print, Flush-mounted on Aluminium Price Realised EUR 27,500 at …
Jean-Baptiste Huynh (France, B. 1966) Mali – Portrait XXIV cibachrome print mounted on aluminium image 120 x 120cm. (47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in.) overall 150 x 150cm. (59 x 59 in.) Executed in 2003, this work is the artist’s proof aside from an edition of 7. Provenance Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner Further Detail Colour: The colours in the catalogue …
Le Thi Luu (Vietnam, 1911-1988) Woman and Children ink and gouache on silk signed and stamped with the artist’s seal 99 x 74 cm. (39 x 29¼ in.) executed circa 1960s Le Thi Luu (1911-1988) or is reverence worth reference? Le Thi Luu was born on 19 January in Tho Khoi which was the today province of Ha Bac, North Vietnam. Her father, Le Van …
Rare Jar In White Blue Enamelled A Rare Blue and White Glazed Stoneware Peony’s Storage Jar Vietnam, 15th Century The bulging globular belly is richly painted with blooming plovers. The shoulder is decorated with powerful Buddhist lions walking over the clouds. The collar is embellished with stylised flowers and the feet of a frieze of petals. Height: 33 cm. (13 in.) Price Realised EUR 406,000 …
Nguyen Phan Chanh (Vietnam, 1892-1984) La Pâtisserie (The Pastry) signed and dated in Chinese ‘Nguyen Phan Chanh, winter gengwu year (1930-1931)’ (upper left); inscribed in Chinese (upper right) ink and gouache on silk 64.5 x 50.5 cm. (25 3⁄8 x 19 7⁄8 in.) Painted 1930-1931 one seal of the artist Price Realised HKD 4,750,000 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 2 December 2021 LA PÂTISSERIE: THE GODS …
PARIS IS A PARTY – A MOVEABLE FEAST THE ONE-WAY JOURNEY OF VIETNAMESE ARTISTS IN THE 30S. La Coupole, Montparnasse, Paris, between the two wars. It was in the cafés of Montparnasse – which replaced Montmartre from the beginning of the century – that the world history of art was written in those years. What triumphed there, to an ever greater extent than spirit, was …
Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) Bac Ninh, Vietnam signed, dated and inscribed ‘Le Pho Bac Ninh 1935’ (lower right) oil on canvas 61 x 61 cm. (24 x 24 in.) Painted in 1935 Price Realised HKD 350,000 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 23 November 2014 France, Vietnam, and at to a larger extent Indochina, have experienced rich and intertwining histories that continue to today. The discovery and …
Hoang Tich Chu (Vietnam, 1912-2003) Maiden at Rest lacquer on panel: signed and dated ‘htchu 1981’ (lower right); mixed media on paper: signed and dated ‘htchu 1981’ (lower right) lacquer on panel; mixed media on paper; & ink on paper. lacquer on panel: 42 x 52 cm. (16 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.); mixed media on paper: 42 x 52 cm. (16 1/2 x 20 …
Hoang Tich Chu (Vietnam, 1912-2003) La Haute-Région du Tonkin (Tonkinese Upper Region) signed and dated ‘H T Chu 9⁄50’ (lower right) lacquer on panel each: 90 x 46 cm. (35 3⁄8 x 18 1⁄8 in.) (5) overall: 90 x 230 cm. (35 3⁄8 x 90 1⁄2 in.) Painted in 1950 Offered with 1 original sketch and 3 drawings by the artist. Price Realised HKD 2,500,000 …
To Ngoc Van (Vietnam, 1906-1954) Boats on the Perfume River signed and dated ’35 To Ngoc Van’ (lower right) oil on canvas 50 x 65 cm. (19 5/8 x 25 5/8 in.) Painted in 1935 Provenance Private Collection, Germany Anon. Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2016, Lot 309 Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature Nha Xuat Ban, To Ngoc Van, Thong Tin …
