Lot 180
  • 180

Le Pho

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Le Pho
  • Les tulipes jaunes et blanches
  • Signed Le Pho and in Chinese (lower right); dated 1961 and titled (possibly in another hand, on the stretcher)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 28 3/4 by 36 1/4 in.
  • 73 by 92 cm
  • Painted in 1961.

Provenance

Wally Findlay Galleries, New York (acquired directly from the artist in May 1984)
Private collection (acquired from the above in October 1984)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, February 23, 2006, lot 132
Acquired at the above sale

Condition

Oil on unlined canvas. The picture surface is in generally good condition aside from a smudge in the lower right corner near the signature. Under UV light there are no apparent inpaints visible.
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