BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988)
A Landmark Collection of Vietnamese Art : THE JEAN-MARC LEFÈVRE COLLECTION
BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988)

Porte Quan Chuong, Hanoi (Quan Chuong Gate, Hanoi)

Details
BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988)
Porte Quan Chuong, Hanoi (Quan Chuong Gate, Hanoi)
signed and dated ‘Phai 83’ (lower right)
oil on board
13 x 19 cm. (5 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Painted in 1983
Provenance
Collection of Mr Yvan Bastouil, French Ambassador to Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia
Collection of Jean-Marc Lefèvre, Paris, France

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Dexter How (陶啟勇)
Dexter How (陶啟勇)

Lot Essay

"I enjoy his small formats which excel in depicting intimacy. Here, in Hanoi, the painter highlights the power of the gesture between the mother and child, the strength conveyed in the man’s shoulders carrying the yoke, the historical gate and the trees structuring the scene."

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