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BUI XUAN PHAI (Vietnam 1920-1988)
BUI XUAN PHAI (Vietnam 1920-1988)

A red cat

细节
BUI XUAN PHAI (Vietnam 1920-1988)
A red cat
signed and dated 'Phai, 87' (upper right) and inscribed 'Dinh Mao (The year of cat), chuc mung nam moi (Happy new year)' (upper left and lower center)
oil on canvas
14 x 10 in. (35 x 26 cm.)

拍品专文

Bui Xuan Phai has penned this in his own journal, "Each new year means another year aged. As for the soul ? Picasso said an interesting thing. It takes so long in order to be young". The words take on a sense of poignancy when it is read with the image of Phai's naive drawings of the cat in mind.