Lot 230
  • 230

Pham An Hai

Estimate
55,000 - 75,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pham An Hai
  • Water Surface No. 5
  • Signed
  • Oil on canvas
  • 60 by 80 cm.; 23 1/2 by 31 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1996

Provenance

Private Collection, Australia
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 6 October 2014, Lot 216

Condition

The work is in good condition overall, as is the canvas, which is clear and taut. There is evidence of light wear and handling around the edges of the painting. Examination under ultraviolet light shows no sign of restoration. Framed.
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Catalogue Note

"When idea and form melt into each other, the overall sense of spatial unity can echo the harmony usually reserved for the art of a well-established painter. The synchronicity of form and technique apparent in the canvasses of Pham An Hai reflects this happy meeting of intention and its visible expression through his abstract paintings."

Shireen Naziree and Phan Cam Thuong, Impressions and Expressions: Vietnamese Contemporary Painting, Thavibu Gallery Co. Ltd., Bangkok, 2006, p. 64