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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) The Lady with an Ermine (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani) oil and tempera on panel 54.8 x 40.3 cm. (21.5 x 15.8 in.) painted circa 1489 Collection of Czartoryski Museum, Kraków, Poland This portrait by Leonardo da Vinci was commissioned by the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, for whom he worked as an engineer. The Duke was about to marry and had …
A handwritten letter by Diep Minh Chau dated June 5th, 1992 regarding Le Van De’s A Lady of Hue The translation of this letter is as follows: I have known Le Van De, who lived in Hanoi for 5 years. He usually painted through the medium of Ha Dong silk. He probably utilised Ha Dong silk – this painting is executed in this type of …
Louvre Museum Collection: Exposed the very first time masterpieces by Italian Painter Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio: Portrait de femme, en buste, de profil & Portrait de jeune homme, en buste Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (Italy, 1452-1519) Portrait de femme, en buste, de profil black and red chalk, heightened with white, on blue ocher prepared paper. 44.4 x 28.8 cm. Collection of Louvre Museum Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (Italy, …
Louvre Museum Collection: Exposed the very first time masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci Portrait d’Isabelle d’Este Leonard de Vinci (Italy, 1452-1519) Portrait d’Isabelle d’Este Metallic point, charcoal, sanguine and stump, yellow ocher chalk, heightened with white on the face, throat and hand, on prepared paper. A first trace in black chalk is visible in several parts: face, hair, veil on the forehead, neck, clothing covering the …
Director of the Département des Arts Graphiques at the Louvre Museum Xavier Salmon, Photographer Jean-Baptiste Huynh and his research on Van der Weyden’s drawing Virgin Mary – this unique masterpiece hasn’t been exposed to the public before. Rogier van der Weyden (Netherlands, 1399/1400-1494) Tête de la Vierge (Head of the Virgin) drawing, silver point on white prepared paper 12.8 x 10.9 cm. (5 x 4.2 …
Katsushika Hokusai (Japan, 1760-1849) Kanagawa oki nami ura (La Grande Vague de Kanagawa) [“La Vague”] Estampe de la série Fugaku sanjurokkei (Les trente-six vues du Mont Fuji), signée Hokusai aratame Iitsu hittsu , publiée par Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo). 26 x 38,4 cm. (10 1/4 x 15 1/8 in.) Provenance Previously in the collection of William Dannat Haviland, collected in the 1930s (by repute) and gifted …
Vincent van Gogh’s Portrait of Père Tanguy and Japonisme; most advanced in style, skill and color integrates Japanese, Impressionist, and other influences on the Parisian artist community, in other word, Ukiyo-e influence in Western art. Portrait of Père Tanguy, Vincent van Gogh, 1887, oil on canvas, 65.0 cm × 51.0 cm (25.6 in × 20.0 in)
Gabrielle d’Estrées (France, 1573-1599) Gabrielle d’Estrées et une de ses soeurs oil on wood 96 × 125 cm. painted around 1575-1600 Collection of École de Fontainebleau, Louvre Museum, Paris, France THE MEANING OF BEAUTY AND THE BEAUTY OF MEANING: THE SECRET BEHIND THE PAINTING This anonymous painting from 1594 has troubled many a visitor to the Louvre. A red curtain seems to open just for …
Gustave Courbet (France, 1819-1877) L’Atelier du peintre (The Painter’s Studio) oil on canvas 361 cm × 598 cm (142 in × 235 in) painted in 1855 Collection of Musée d’Orsay in Paris, France In this painting of gigantic dimensions (3.61 by 5.98 meters), the realist painter provokes his contemporaries by adopting the format of a history painting, the genre par excellence, to paint a much …
Mary Cassatt (America, 1844-1926) Petite fille dans un fauteuil bleu (Little Girl in a Blue Armchair) oil on canvas 89.5 × 129.8 cm (35 1/4 × 51 1/8 in.) painted in 1878 Collection of National Gallery of Art, Washington DC THE SECRET BEHIND THE PAINTING Here’s a painting that smells of school vacations, of children far from school benches, carelessly sprawled out on the sofa… …
Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam, 1908-2000) Le Cavalier (The Horserider) signed and dated ‘Vu Cao Dam 1971’ (lower right) oil on canvas 50 x 61 cm. (19 5/8 x 24 in.) Painted in 1971 Price Realised HKD 437,500 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 November 2015 Almost two decades ago, I asked this question of one of the great figures of Vietnamese painting, “according to you who is …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) Standing Nude signed, signed in Chinese with a seal of the artist upper right ink and gouache on silk 32 x 19cm. (12½ x 7½in.) Executed circa 1937 Le Pho, Nu Debout (Standing Nude), c. 1937 or the joyful farewell to the past Nudes were rarely painted in the history of Vietnamese Modern Art. The Confucian culture and social mores of …
Pham Hau (Vietnam, 1903-1995) Maison près de la rivière lacquer box signed with artist’s stamp 8 x 23,7 x 46 cm. (3 1/8 x 9 3/8 x 18 1/8 in.) executed circa 1950 Provenance Acquired in Vietnam by Maurice Colin (1906-1994) and brought back to France in 1954, thence by descent in the family. Christie’s Paris, 14 June 2023 Price Realised EUR 17,640 at Christie’s …
Truong Be (Vietnam, 1942-2020) The Oriental Rhythm signed and dated ‘Truong Be 2000’ (lower right of extreme right panel) lacquer, quadriptych 110 x 200 cm. (43 1/4 x 78 3/4 in.) Executed in 2000 (4) Price Realised HKD 150,000 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 May 2013 A Quest For The Absolute Just exactly what do you know about a person? His life?It is simply what …
Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) La Promenade (The Walk) signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le pho’ (lower left); titled and numbered ‘La promenade No 194’ (on the reverse); gallery label affixed (on the reverse) mix media on silk laid on board 45 x 26 cm. (17 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.) Painted circa. 1950 Price Realised HKD 441,000 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2022
Nguyen Gia Tri (Vietnam, 1908-1993) Nostalgie du Haut Tonkin (Nostalgia for Highland Tonkin) signed and dated ‘Ng Tri 68’ (lower right) lacquer on panel 80 x 40 cm. (31 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.) Executed in 1968 Provenance A commissioned gift to the original owner Thence by descent to the previous owner Private Collection, Sweden Acquired from the above by the present owner Private Collection, …
Le Van De (Vietnam, 1906-1966) Lady with Dove Signed and dated ’42 lower left Ink and gouache on silk laid on paper 42.5 x 26 cm. (16 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.) painted in 1942 Le Van De, The Woman With The Dove Or the deconstruction, source of disillusionment Lé Van Dé was born on August 28, 1906 in Mo Cay near Ben Tré in …
Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam, 1908-2000) Jeune Femme à Sa Coiffure signed lower right mixed media on silk laid on panel 35 by 27cm.; 13¾ by 10½in. painted in 1951 Vu Cao Dam. 1951, “Jeune Femme à Sa Coiffure” or Anna is no longer Anna In 1950, Vu Cao Dam, whose asthma was steadily getting worse, decided to leave Paris for a place that would be …
Le Pho’s Une tasse de thé (A Cup of Tea) featured on the front cover of Drouot Publication: Binoche issued on 9 June 1997 before the exhibition of Vietnamese art in the Netherlands, 1997. Handwriting by the author Christie’s Senior Expert Jean-François Hubert for Bem “Pour Bem, la meilleure” (“Dear Bem, the best”) dated 7 December 2016 on his publication Drouot: Binoche (1997).
Le Pho (1907-2001) Une tasse de thé (A Cup of Tea) signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le pho’ (upper left); inscribed ‘Une tasse de thé’ (on the reverse) ink and gouache on silk laid on paper 36 x 29 cm. (14 1/8 x 11 3/8 in.) Painted circa 1938-1940 one seal of the artist Provenance The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity …
Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam, 1906-1980) La Guerre (The War) signed ‘MAI THU’ and dated ‘1968’ in Chinese (lower right) ink and gouache on silk in the original frame 65.5 x 47 cm. (25 ¾ x 18 ½ in.) Painted in 1968 one seal of the artist La Guerre (The War), 1968, by Mai Thu: A Scream for Humanity Mai Thu is mostly recognized for his …
Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam/France, 1906-1980) Le Vent Printanier (The Wind of Spring) signed and dated ‘MAI THU 1940’ (upper right) ink and gouache on silk 55 x 40 cm. (21 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.) Painted in 1940 one seal of the artist Price Realised HKD 1,750,000 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 December 2020 SPRING WIND OR THE DEMANDING BREATH OF FREEDOM In 1940, when …
Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam, 1906-1980) La Jeune Fille de Hué signed and dated ‘MAI THU 1937’ (lower right) oil on canvas 75 x 70 cm. (29 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.) Painted in 1937 Love is always a multitude of emotions. To think it, takes courage, to know it, requires experience and to paint it, demands talent. In Hue, 1937, Mai Thu painted this magnificent …
Detail of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres’s Grand Odalisque which was ‘Vietnamized’ on Mai Trung Thu’s Nu (Nude) as an acculturation. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (France, 1780-1867) La Grande Odalisque oil on canvas 88.9 x 162.56 cm. (35 x 64 in.) Painted in 1814 Collection of Louvre Museum, Paris, France Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, a French Neoclassical painter, was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to …
Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam, 1906-1980) Femme au châle rouge (Lady with a Red Shawl) signed ‘MAI THU’ and dated in Chinese ‘1946’ (lower left) ink and gouache on silk 35.5 x 22 cm. (14 x 8 5/8 in.) Painted in 1946 one seal of the artist Provenance Drouot-Estimations, 17 November 2004, lot 38 Sotheby’s Singapore, 20 April 2005, lot 119 Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December …
Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980) La Famille signed, signed with a seal of the artist and dated 1942 (upper right) ink and gouache on silk 46 x 60cm. (18 x 23½ in.) Painted in 1942 one seal of the artist Mai Trung Thu, 1942, “The Family” or the pretext of Confucianism This large (46 x 60 cm) and beautiful gouache and ink on silk belongs to …
Interpretation of the poem illustrated on Nguyen Phan Chanh’s La Marchande De Oc. 温柔乡里竟春深， 野味清粗子销魂。 最是娇路难尽处， 灵山何必梦中寻. -己巳年松月梅雪主人阮潘正笔 Spring is deepening in my beautiful hometown. Simple and gross food and meat hunts can be; their delicious tastes linger in the minds and palates of children. The road to comfort and sophistication is strewn with pitfalls. No need to seek spiritual comfort only in dreams. – …
Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam, 1908-2000) Maternité (Maternity) signed lower right mixed media on silk 33 x 24cm. (13 x 9¼ in.) Executed in 1952 VU CAO DAM, 1952, “MATERNITÉ” (MATERNITY), OR THE SWEETNESS OF LIFE AS A PRINCIPLE OF EXISTENCE When our painting was executed in 1952, Vu Cao Dam recovered his health; his son Michel, who had been so ill that he was unsure whether he …
Albert Cézard (France, 1869-circa 1916) in his atelier in Hanoi. Albert Cézard and his friend Albert de Pouvourville, a French orientalist, mystic, author, poet, and translator, had a shared soft spot for Indochina, not that Indochina of the splendour of colonisation but the Indochina of the heart, that of emotions. Albert de Pouvourville, a French orientalist, mystic, author, poet, and translator Albert Cézard is an …
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) Femme assise (Sitting Lady) signed in Chinese (lower right) ink and gouache on silk 73.5 x 47 cm (28 7/8 x 18 1/2 in.) Painted in 1934 one seal of the artist Provenance A gift of the artist to Orsolla Gugielmi (1888-1968), Auguste Tholance´s spouse Anon. Sale, Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 May 2006, lot 67 Acquired at the above sale by …
Details of Mai Trung Thu’s Femmes au turban (Women with Turbans), a property from a Swiss private collection Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam, 1906-1980) Femmes au turban (Women with Turbans) signed ‘MAI THU’ and dated in Chinese (lower left); titled and numbered ‘FEMMES AU TURBAN 42’ (on the reverse) ink and gouache on silk in the artist’s original frame 16.5 x 71.5 cm. (6 1/2 x …
Louvre Museum Collection: Exposed the very first time masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Dürer, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Andrea del Sarto, Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo and Tiziano Vecelli Louvre Museum: Department of the Collection of drawings – Isabelle d’Este and some other drawings by Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer, perfectly protected and guarded and never exposed to the public before, interpreted by Photographer Jean-Baptiste Huynh; …
Le Pho’s La maison familiale au Tonkin (The family home in Tonkin) at Salon des artistes, 1930, Grand Palais, Paris Exposed/Exhibited: Salon des artistes, 1930, Grand Palais, Paris Former collection of Dr Houbert, Vichy Coll. Mr. and Mrs. Nguyen Cann, Paris Vietnamese art exhibition, Netherlands, 1997
Le Pho (Vietnam, 1907-2001) La maison familiale au Tonkin (The family home in Tonkin) signed and dated ‘LÊ-PHÔ 1930’ (lower right) oil on canvas 180 x 79 cm. Painted in 1930 on seal of the artist Exposed/Exhibited: Salon des artistes, 1930, Grand Palais, Paris Former collection of Dr Houbert, Vichy Coll. Mr. and Mrs. Nguyen Cann, Paris Vietnamese art exhibition, Netherlands, 1997
Le Thi Luu (Vietnam, 1911-1988) Les premiers pas (The first steps) signed ‘Le Thi Luu’ (lower right); titled ‘Les premiers pas’ (on the stretcher); signed and inscribed ‘LE-THI-LUU 10 Imp. Josphine Gentilly’ (on the reverse) 92 x 73 cm. (36 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.) oil on canvas Painted circa 1960 Price Realised HKD 475,000 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 May 2015 signed and inscribed …
Christie’s Paris, Art d’Asie Exposition “Printemps Asiatique Paris” at the Pagode, 48 rue de Courcelles, 7-11 June 2023. The masterpieces, including Luong Xuan Nhi, Mai Trung Thu, Pham Hau, etc… exhibited at the Pagoda on the occasion of Asian Spring Paris, a must-see event for Asian art lovers and collectors. Paintings will be exhibited and auctioned at Christie’s 20th Century Art Day Sale in Hong …
A handwritten letter of the former Director of Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum (1998-2003) to Boi Tran (Vietnam, B. 1957) “Hue, 14 November 2013 Dear BOI TRAN I, CAO TRONG THIEM, former Director of Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum (1998-2003), came to see you but, unfortunately, failed to meet you! Accompanied by: – Mr PHAN VAN TIEN, Director of Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum, leader …
