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Lê Phổ — La Toilette
Lê Phổ

La Toilette

1938

"La Toilette" by Lê Phổ is a delicate composition executed in ink and gouache on silk, showcasing the artist's mastery of both Vietnamese and French artistic traditions. The work depicts an intimate domestic scene rendered with the refined elegance characteristic of Lê Phổ's figurative practice, employing subtle gradations of color and fluid brushwork to capture a moment of personal grooming. Mounted on cardboard in the artist's frame, the piece exemplifies the technical sophistication and cultural synthesis that defined this influential twentieth century painter's approach to modernist art.

Medium
ink and gouache on silk, pasted on cardboard in artist's frame

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Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

November 25, 2024

Lot 14

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Lê Phổ, La Toilette, 1938

"La Toilette" by Lê Phổ is a delicate composition executed in ink and gouache on silk, showcasing the artist's mastery of both Vietnamese and French artistic traditions. The work depicts an intimate domestic scene rendered with the refined elegance characteristic of Lê Phổ's figurative practice, employing subtle gradations of color and fluid brushwork to capture a moment of personal grooming. Mounted on cardboard in the artist's frame, the piece exemplifies the technical sophistication and cultural synthesis that defined this influential twentieth century painter's approach to modernist art.

Medium
ink and gouache on silk, pasted on cardboard in artist's frame
Year
1938
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Vietnamese Artist, Figurative Painting, 20th Century, Personal grooming, Soft Color Palette, Intimate Domestic Scene, Female Figure, Modern Art, Lyrical aesthetic, Oil on Canvas

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