Lê Thy (1919-1961) - photo 1

Lê Thy (1919-1961)

Lot 114
21.09.2022 15:00UTC +01:00
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€ 2 772
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 813898
Lot 114 | Lê Thy (1919-1961)
Estimate value
€ 5 000 – 7 000
Lê Thy (1919-1961)

Les rapides de cho-bo sur la rivière noire

signé ‘Le thy’ (en bas à droite)

laque sur panneau

61 x 90 x 1 cm.

Réalisé dans les années 1950.



signed ‘Le thy’ (lower right)

lacquer on panel

24 x 35 3/8 x 3/8 in.

Executed circa 1950.





Provenance

Vente anonyme, Me Lynda Trouvé, Paris, 9 mars 2021, lot 338

Acquis lors de cette vente



Post lot text

Comme l’indique la notice de lavente du 2 avril 2019 (Lynda Trouvé, L’art en Indochine et au Vietnam,tableaux, mobilier et objets d’art), « dessin de Lê Quoc Loc à Hanoï et commercialisé par Lê Thy à Saigon. […] Les deux hommes se sont fréquentés à Hanoï, ils sont de la même génération. Le premier a été diplômé de l'Ecole desBeaux-Arts de l'Indochine en 1942, le second s'est arrêté aux classes préparatoires de Nam Son dans cette même école en 1945. Lê Quoc Loc est devenu maître-laqueur et s'est installé à Hanoï […] Les deux artistes gagnent rapidement leur notoriété de maîtres-laqueurs, l'un au Nord, l'autre au Sud ».

As stated in the notice for the sale of 2 April 2019 (Lynda Trouvé, L’art en Indochine et au Vietnam, tableaux, mobilier et objets d’art): “drawn by Lê Quoc Loc in Hanoi and sold by LêThy in Saigon. [The two men met in Hanoi and are of the same generation. The former graduated from the Indochina School of Fine Arts in 1942, the latter followed the Nam Son preparatory classes in the same school in 1945. Lê Quoc Loc became a master lacquerer and settled in Hanoi [...] Both artists quickly gained notoriety as master lacquerers — one in the North, the other in the South.”
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:South-Eastern Asia, Asia, Vietnam
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