Lot 957
  • 957

Le Pho 1907-2001

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 HKD
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Description

  • Le Pho
  • Seated Lady
  • signed, signed again in Chinese with a seal of the artist upper left
  • ink and gouache on silk
  • 32 by 24.5cm.; 12½ by 9½in.
  • Executed circa 1938-1940

Condition

The painting is in good condition overall. There has been a few repairs to the silk (upper middle, upper left quadrant - in the background, middle and lower left - near the edge, middle right , across the chest). A tiny, pin-sized hole is detected on the cheek. The paint layers are intact and in stable condition. (The painting was examined within its frame, under glass)
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