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Celebrating Vietnamese Lacquerware

Published on , by Claire Papon
Auction on 22 September 2020 - 11:00 (CEST) - Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

A lacquer work by Nguyen Van Ty was the star of this auction devoted to "myths and realities of Indochina, 1800-1960". It is the only complete five-panel version of this work.

Nguyen Van Ty (1917-1992), Hoi Dinh Chèm (“The Village Feast”), polychrome lacquer... Celebrating Vietnamese Lacquerware

Nguyen Van Ty (1917-1992), Hoi Dinh Chèm (“The Village Feast”), polychrome lacquer and gold on a black ground inlaid with eggshell, 1942, 98 x 245 cm.
Estimate: €120,000/150,000

On 2 April 2019, a monumental 15-panel version of Rapides de Cho-Bo sur la rivière noire (“The Cho-Bo Rapids on the Black River”), also presented by Lynda Trouvé OVV at Drouot, set a new world record for the artist: €381,000. Two weeks…
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INDOCHINE - CHAPITRE 9
Tuesday 22 September 2020 - 11:00 (CEST) - Live
Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris
Lynda Trouvé
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Lê Thi Luu and Nguyen Van Ty: A Rain of Records for Vietnamese Paintings
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Lê Thi Luu and Nguyen Van Ty: A Rain of Records for Vietnamese Paintings

The triumph of this Vietnamese polychrome lacquer was followed by other successes.
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