Auction 128 / Lot 737

The painting depicts a young woman in a shimmering silver dress, thoughtfully bent over a book. She sits on a dark wooden chair, her head bowed, and she appears engrossed in her reading. The background and the dress are painted in expressive golden and brown tones.
Title
PORTRAIT OF A GIRL
Artist
HUYNH VAN GAM
Origin
Vietnam, 1960
Technique
Lacquer on wood, framed
Dimension
48,5 x 32,5 cm (F. 65 x 49.3 cm)
Reserve price
10,000 €
Hammer price
28,000 €
Description

The artist uses the technique of inlaying eggshells to express the texture of the girl's top and headband, signed upper right and lower left. Huynh van Gam (1922-1987) was a Vietnamese painter and politician, he attended the Hanoi College of Fine Arts and was a winner of the Ho Chi Minh Prize for Literature and Art in 1990.