Vietnamese artist’s painting auctioned for over 2 million USD in Hong Kong
The painting "Le Trois Femmes" (1934) reached the highest price at the event with its selling price being four times higher than the initial estimate of about 4-6 million HKD.
The painting "Le Trois Femmes" (Three Ladies) by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Gia Tri on Christie's website. (Photo: screenshot)
Hanoi (VNA) – The painting "Le Trois Femmes" (Three🦩 Ladies) by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Gia Tri was sold for over 16.1 million HKD (more than 2 million USD) in an auction in Hong Kong on March 29.
The auction "In Quest for Eternity: The Philippe Damas Collection" organised by Christie's Hong Kong (China) featured a painting collection by Philippe Damas – a businessman with years of working in Asia. Many works in the collection were created by Vietnamese famous artists.
The painting "Le Trois Femmes" (1934) reached the highest price at the event with its selling price being four times higher than the initial estimate of about 4-6 million HKD.
This price puts Tri’s painting in the 4th place out of the 10 most expensive Vietnamese paintings, after Mai Trung Thu's “Chan dung co Phuong” (Portrait of Ms. Phuong) sold for 3.1 million USD in 2021, Le Pho’s “Gia dinh trong vuon” (Family in the Garden) 2.37 million USD in 2023 and "Dang hinh trong vuon” (Figure in the Garden) 2.29 million USD in 2022.
According to statistics from HENI News, there were 40 works that were successfully hammered in the auction on March 29. The total value is about 60.5 million HKD (7.78 million USD).
Outstanding works include "Marché au Tonkin" by Jos Henri Ponchin sold for 3.5 million HKD (initially expected 240.00-350,000 HKD), and "Le retour de marché" by Joseph Inguimberty 12.5 million HKD (expected 1.2-2.2 million HKD)
At the same auction, a series of works by famous Vietnamese painters such as Nguyen Sang, To Ngoc Van, Tran Phuc Duyen, Luu Van Sin, Vu Cao Dam and Le Pho were also sold./.
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