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L’heure du thé à Hué (Tea Time in Hue)
Details
MAI TRUNG THU (1906- 1980)
L’heure du thé à Hué (Tea Time in Hue)
signed ‘MAI THU’, dated indistinctly ‘1937’ (lower right); inscribed ‘DOCTEUR CAM HA LÊ THÁI 21 Avenue Marcechal lecler 78150 LE CHESNAY Tel : 954-58-38’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
70.5 x 99 cm. (27 3⁄4 x 39 in.)
Painted in 1937
L’heure du thé à Hué (Tea Time in Hue)
signed ‘MAI THU’, dated indistinctly ‘1937’ (lower right); inscribed ‘DOCTEUR CAM HA LÊ THÁI 21 Avenue Marcechal lecler 78150 LE CHESNAY Tel : 954-58-38’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
70.5 x 99 cm. (27 3⁄4 x 39 in.)
Painted in 1937
Provenance
Collection of Dr Lê Thai and his wife, France (acquired directly from the artist)
Christie's Singapore, 30 March 1997, lot 163
The Philip Ng Collection, Singapore (acquired at the above sale)
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2008, lot 709
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Christie's Singapore, 30 March 1997, lot 163
The Philip Ng Collection, Singapore (acquired at the above sale)
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2008, lot 709
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
A. Mashadi (ed.) and R.L. Keong (ed.), Visions & Enchantment: Southeast Asian Paintings, exh. cat., Singapore Art Museum, 2000 (illustrated, plate 10, p. 83).
Exhibited
Singapore Art Museum, Visions & Enchantment: Southeast Asian Paintings, June-August 2000.
Hong Kong, LGDR & Wei, Scenes Of This World: Modern Paintings From Singapore and Vietnam, January-March 2023.
Hong Kong, LGDR & Wei, Scenes Of This World: Modern Paintings From Singapore and Vietnam, January-March 2023.
Brought to you by
Dexter How (陶啟勇)
Vice President, Senior Specialist