A Lé Phô screen, a work of youth and a national tribute
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Preserved in the descendants of its commissioners, this early piece of furniture by the Vietnamese painter is also one of his rare productions in lacquer, a material he used for only eight years. Lé Phô (1907-2001), Paysage du Tonkin, vers 1930, laque à rehauts d’or et d’argent, paravent à cinq panneaux, signé et contresigné au dos, 114,5 x 147 cm.Estimation : 300 000/500 000 € Eminently Art Deco, this screen is one of Lé Phô's earliest works in lacquer. The painter, who graduated in 1930 from the inaugural class of theÉcole des Beaux-Arts d'Indochine (EBAI), at the same time as his compatriot Mai-Thu, needs no
