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12 - MAI TRUNG THỨ (1906–1980)
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Estimate €4,000 - €8,000
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MAI TRUNG THỨ (1906–1980) Portrait of a friend, Captain L, 1940 Oil pastel on paper, signed and dated in the bottom right-hand corner 49.9 x 32.5 cm 19 5/8 x 12 ¾ in Provenance: Private collection of a senior civil servant posted to Indochina between 1940 and 1942. Reserve Captain L. became friends with the artist around 1940 and remained close to the painter throughout his life Private collection, France (inherited from the previous owner) Bibliography: Michèle Moyne-Charlet and Anne Fort (eds.), Mai-Thu (1906–1980), Écho d’un Vietnam rêvé, exhibition catalogue, Ghent, Éditions Snoeck, 2021, Cat. 73, p. 75, ill.  Expertise Information: A certificate confirming inclusion in the artist’s catalogue raisonné, currently being compiled by Charlotte Aguttes-Reynier for the Association des Artistes d’Asie in Paris, will be provided to the purchaser Exhibition(s): 2021, Mai-Thu (1906–1980), Écho d’un Vietnam rêvé, Musée des Ursulines, Mâcon, France (16 June 2021 – 2 January 2022)
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About the sale Auction [52] Asian Painters | Modern Art: China, Japan & Vietnam
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Auction time 09/09/2026 at 2:30 PM
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