Nature Revealing Itself to Nguyen Gia Tri

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Nature Revealing Itself to Nguyen Gia Tri

The highly prized works by the lacquer artist, a graduate and teacher at the Hanoi School of Fine Arts, are meeting with success at auction and breaking world records. Nguyen Gia Tri (1908-1993), Village Girls Among Banana Trees, 1937, six-leaf polychrome and gold lacquered wood screen, each panel 99.5 to 100 x 32.5 cm/39.17 to 39.37 x 12.79 in.Result: €1,004,400 We regularly celebrate the results achieved by lacquer works by the Hanoi School of Fine Arts’ graduates. They continue to gain momentum in the art market. This is the first time that a work by Nguyen Gia Tri broke the million-euro mark: this six-leaf folding screen

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