A Fine Score for an Intimist Scene by Mai-Thu

Result EUR327,010

Published on 19 July 2019, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 14 July 2019 - 14:00 (CEST) - 7, rue Saint-Nicol - 14600 Honfleur

Featuring an unusual subject for the Vietnamese artist and dating from his popular period, around 1940, a musical garden scene tripled its high estimate.

Mai Trung Thu or Mai Thu (1906-1980), Jeunes musiciennes danseuses dans un jardin... A Fine Score for an Intimist Scene by Mai-Thu

Mai Trung Thu or Mai Thu (1906-1980), Jeunes musiciennes danseuses dans un jardin (Young women musician dancers in a garden), ca. 1940, ink and gouache on silk, 95 x 68 cm.
Result: €327,000

€327,010 went to this group of young beauties, one playing an instrument, the others dancing, seen against a landscape with a lake and a pontoon. An excellent…

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bijoux, montres, argenterie, tableaux anciens, modernes et contemporains, objets d'art, meubles anciens et de style, Extrême-Orient

Sunday 14 July 2019 - 14:00 (CEST)

7, rue Saint-Nicol - 14600 Honfleur

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