The artist honors maternal love in Gluttonyan image of a mother holding her child, he painted in 1975. At Sotheby’s Modern Day Auction on March 30, the painting was sold for HKD2.4 million (US$306,000) as against an earlier estimated HKD800,000-1.8 million ($102,000-230,000). The lower right corner of the painting bears the artist’s signature, seal and year of creation.
Thu (1906-1980) graduated from the first class (1925-1930) of the Indochina College of Fine Arts, and is regarded as one of the “four great masters in Europe” of Vietnamese painting, alongside Le Pho, Vu Cao Dam and Le Thi Luu.
Many of his works have fetched high prices on the art market. His 1930 painting Portrait of Mademoiselle Phuong in fact set a record for the highest price ever paid for a Vietnamese artwork at auction, selling for $3.1 million in 2021.
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