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In Vietnam, Beauty Bears Fruit

Published on , by Caroline Legrand
Auction on 03 October 2022 - 14:30 (CEST) - 164 bis, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle - 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine

Two sales in Neuilly will celebrate the arts of Vietnam, from painting on silk to lacquerware, sculpture and porcelain.

Mai Trung Thu, Maï-Thu (1906–1980), Pommes (Apples), 1959, ink and colors on silk,... In Vietnam, Beauty Bears Fruit

Mai Trung Thu, Maï-Thu (1906–1980), Pommes (Apples), 1959, ink and colors on silk, 30 x 30 cm/11.81 x 11.81 in.
Estimate: €100,000/150,00

Naturally, the painting category includes Maï-Thu , with young Vietnamese women lying on cushions or holding vaporous scarfs, but the still life above attests to the artist’s talent and delicacy when he returned to an art history classic. A thin…
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