Adam's FINE ASIAN ART Part I 28th & Part II 29th June 2022

158 313 NGUYEN PHUOC (VIETNAM, B. 1943) SAIGON SCHOOL OF APPLIED ARTS (1960) THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS OF HO CHI MINH CITY ‘Autumn Evening’ 2002 Oil on canvas Signed on the lower left Bears an artist seal on the lower left Dated on the lower left: ‘02’ Framed 81 x 77 cm Provenance: A private collection of Vietnamese Art, French Riviera, France. NOTICE TO BIDDERS: This work has been authenticated by the artist himself ( www.nguyenphuoc.com) . The successful bidder will be provided with a certificate of authenticity with the serial #US-02-032 matching that which is on the stretcher, on the back of the painting. Notes: 1. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Nguyen Phuoc began to paint as a teenager and later on graduated from the School of Applied Arts of Saigon (1960) and from the National University of Fine Arts (also in Saigon, 1965). He later settled in Minnesota, USA. 2. A thoughtful and attentive artist, Nguyen Phuoc always devotes a great deal of care to his compositions, metic- ulously executed on large formats by an unfailing hand. His works are profuse in their themes, using a rich chro- matic palette. The artist is deliberately neglecting the rules of classical perspective. Amidst his main subjects are depictions of women and still lives. Our painting is the perfect combination of the two. Two beautiful Vietnamese ladies dressed in áo dài are resting outside on a terrace overlooking a river. On the first ground is a flowered antique blue and white porcelain vase with a fruit dish next to it. On the second and third grounds are the two ladies, the first one resting against an opium bed, the second one against a garden stool. In the background is a river with sampan boats. They are enjoying a quiet autumn evening outdoors. They are similar both by the color of their clothes and by their positions in the composition with the two women depicted by the same artist on a painting sold at SOTHEBY’S Singapore, 2004-04-04, lot 193. 3. Currently, his works are preserved in several public collections such as the Singapore Museum of Arts, the Singapore Vietnam Heritage Foundation and the Singapore Emerald Hill Gallery. His record price at auction was achieved by SOTHEBY’S Hong Kong, China, 2020-10-06, lot 264, sold for €35,060. € 10,000 - 15,000