MAI TRUNG THU (Vietnam and France, 1906-1980)
ECOLE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE L'INDOCHINE (INDOCHINA FINE ARTS COLLEGE), 1ST PROMOTION (1930)
"La toilette"
1962
Print in colours on silk
Bears a...

MAI TRUNG THU (Vietnam and France, 1906-1980)
ECOLE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE L'INDOCHINE (INDOCHINA FINE ARTS COLLEGE), 1ST PROMOTION (1930)
"La toilette"
1962
Print in colours on silk
Bears a signature and a seal in the plate to the lower right
Autographed and signed by the artist to the lower part: "A Madame Colin Timard avec les compliments de l'auteur"
Framed
Dimensions (the sole print): 54,2 x 45,5 cm
Notes:
1. Mai Trung Thu, known as Mai Thu, is born in 1906. He comes from a wealthy family, his father, Mai Trung Cat was governor of Bac Ninh and was granted the title of baron by the French government. He studied at the French high school in Hanoi. In 1925, Mai Thu joined the first class of the Indochina School of Fine Arts, under the direction of Victor Tardieu. It is during his years of studies that he became interested in painting illustrating scenes of Vietnamese rural life. He chose to paint them on silk, an expensive material that is as delicate as the palette of colours he uses.
2. Compare with an identical print also autographed at Sotheby's Hong Kong, China, 2015/10/05, lot 282, sold for Ôé¼4.592 BP incl.

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