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Lacquer and Silk: Vietnamese Painters at the Summit

Result EUR488,480
Published on , by Anne Doridou-Heim
Auction on 03 October 2022 - 14:30 (CEST) - 164 bis, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle - 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine

This sale including works by Vu Cao Dam, Mai-Thu and Lê Quoc Loc featured two of Vietnam’s signature techniques.

Vu Cao Dam (1908–2000), Motherhood, c. 1950, ink, colors and light gouache highlights... Lacquer and Silk: Vietnamese Painters at the Summit

Vu Cao Dam (1908–2000), Motherhood, c. 1950, ink, colors and light gouache highlights on silk, 61 x 46 cm/24.01 x 18.11 in.
Result: €488,480

At the 35 th auction devoted to Vietnamese artists, 99.6% of the lots’ value was sold for a total result of nearly €3 M. Market headliners contributed to those figures, starting with Vu Cao Dam, whose 1950s painting Motherhood fetched the highest price, €488,480 (see photo). Always treated with great sensitivity,…
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Monday 03 October 2022 - 14:30 (CEST) - Live
164 bis, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle - 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
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