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VISIONS OF VIETNAM: THE MELCHIOR DEJOUANY COLLECTION
LÉA LAFUGIE (1890-1972)
Diseur de bonne aventure (The Fortune Teller)
Details
LÉA LAFUGIE (1890-1972)
Diseur de bonne aventure (The Fortune Teller)
signed, inscribed and dated ‘Lafugie Hanoi 1929’ (lower left); inscribed in Chinese (upper right); titled ‘Diseur de bonne aventure’ (on the reverse)
watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper
31.5 x 24 cm. (12 3⁄8 x 9 1⁄2 in.)
Executed in 1929
Diseur de bonne aventure (The Fortune Teller)
signed, inscribed and dated ‘Lafugie Hanoi 1929’ (lower left); inscribed in Chinese (upper right); titled ‘Diseur de bonne aventure’ (on the reverse)
watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper
31.5 x 24 cm. (12 3⁄8 x 9 1⁄2 in.)
Executed in 1929
Provenance
Collection of Jean-Marc Lefèvre, France
Christie's Hong Kong, 3 December 2020, lot 202
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Christie's Hong Kong, 3 December 2020, lot 202
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Brought to you by
Ziwei Yi
AVP, Specialist, Head of 20th Century Day Sale 20th/21st Century Art, Asia Pacific