Lot 314
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MAI TRUNG THU | Poème Sur Soie (Poem on Silk)

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 HKD
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Description

  • Mai Trung Thu
  • Poème Sur Soie (Poem on Silk)
  • Signed, stamped with a seal of the artist and dated variously between 1950 – 1960 (8)
  • Lithography on silk fixed on paper (8)
  • Each print varies in size (8)Smallest: 12 by 9.5 cm; 4 3/4  by 3 3/4  in. Largest: 17.8 by 12 cm; 7 by 4 3/4  in.Book case: 29.5 by 19 by 3.5 cm; 11 1/2  by 7 1/2  by 1 1/2  in.
  • The book consists of 8 poems by Pham Van Ky, 8 lithograph silk prints by Mai Trung Thu, and accompanied with a black silk presentation case. Published in 1961 and numbered 486 / 523.

Provenance

Sotheby's Hong Kong, October 3 2016, Lot 266

Condition

The work is in good condition overall. The pages do not show any wear. Accompanied with a book case. 
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