黎譜 (1907-2001) , 花卉
1955
A floral composition by Lê Phổ created in 1955 using color lithography on paper. The work exemplifies the artist's exploration of traditional Eastern subjects through modern Western printmaking techniques.
- Medium
- colour lithography on paper
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
La Mystique de l'Indochine : Paris
November 3, 2021
Estimate: $800 to $1,200
Lot 22
Artists in conversation
Mai Trung Thứ
Vietnamese · b. 1906
A fellow Vietnamese modernist trained at the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine, Mai Trung Thứ similarly blended Eastern subject matter including floral and figurative themes with Western artistic techniques, producing elegant and refined compositions with a comparable decorative sensibility.
Foujita Tsuguharu
Japanese · b. 1886
Foujita bridged Eastern artistic traditions and Western modernist printmaking and painting in Paris during the same era, producing delicate floral and figurative works that share Lê Phổ's characteristic fusion of Asian refinement with French modernist color sensibility.
Ohara Koson
Japanese · b. 1877
Ohara Koson specialized in color woodblock and print compositions centered on botanical and floral subjects, sharing with this lithograph a lyrical delicacy, restrained palette, and the treatment of flowers as subjects combining decorative beauty with meditative Eastern artistic traditions.
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