Lot 313
  • 313

MARIUS HUBERT-ROBERT | (i) View of Angkor Temple(ii) View Of Hue Imperial City

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 HKD
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Description

  • Marius Hubert-Robert
  • (i) View of Angkor Temple(ii) View Of Hue Imperial City
  • Signed
  • (i) Watercolor on paper(ii) Watercolor on paper
  • 39 by 29 cm; 15 1/4 by 11 1/2  in. (each)
  • Executed circa late 1920s - early 1930s

Literature

Robert Chavelot, En Indochine, Paris Colonial Exhibition, Arthaud Publisher, Paris, 1931   

Condition

These works are in good overall condition as viewed. There are some faint fox marks to the works, but these are consistent with the age of the works. Both framed, under plexi glass.
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Catalogue Note

This pair of original watercolors were printed in the book En Indochine written by the French author Robert Chavelot and published by Arthaud Publisher in 1931, for the Paris Colonial Exhibition of the same year. All the illustrations in the book were executed by Marius Hubert Robert. 

This lot is accompanied by an original copy of the book En Indochine.