Vietnam and France: Two Cultures Mirroring Each Other
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La Gazette Drouot
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08 March 2021 - 11:00 (CET) -
164 bis, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle - 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
Mai Trung Thu was the ambassador of the painters who graduated from the Hanoi College of Fine Arts.
Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980), Le Coffret à bijoux (The Jewelry Box), 1960, ink and colors on silk, signed and dated, original frame made by the artist, 46.5 x 60.5 cm (18.31 x 23.82 in). Estimate: €200,000/250,000
Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980), Le Coffret à bijoux (The Jewelry Box), 1960, ink and colors on silk, signed and dated, original frame made by the artist, 46.5 x 60.5 cm (18.31 x 23.82 in). Estimate: €200,000/250,000
This is the first of four sales the Aguttes auction house is devoting to early 20 th -century Asian painters. All 30 lots are by Vietnamese artists , most notably Mai Trung Thu . Le Coffret à bijoux ( The Jewelry Box ) is a nod to France, which the artist discovered when he took part in the 1931 Colonial Exhibition before settling there permanently in…
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