Interior with a Vase III

As a very well-rounded artist, the artistic career of Szeto Lap embodies the trajectory of a highly-skilled and trained artist who has gained recognition in the institutional world and on the art market, with works residing at the Pompidou Museum of Modern Art, and artistic awards delivered by France, Italy, and China. Christie's is very proud to present a selection of intimate and nostalgiafilled works by Szeto Lap. His 17-year experience in France contributed to his repertoire of visual representations, as Sunny Scenery of the River Seine (Lot 504) suggests. Although painted after his return to China, the painting displays beautiful mastery of oil as a medium, providing a soft and dreamy vision of the French countryside. His two rare and very large works on paper, Interior (Lot 505) and Interior with a Vase III (Lot 506), depicted as trompe l'oeil old photographs, provide a blurry and nostalgic vision of a traditional Chinese interior.