Lot  083 Ravenel Spring Auction 2020

Ravenel Spring Auction 2020

Sleeping Girl

Trung NGUYEN (Vietnamese, 1940)

2011

Oil on canvas

99.5 x 99.5 cm

Estimate

TWD 360,000-480,000

HKD 93,000-123,000

USD 11,900-15,900

CNY 85,000-113,000

Sold Price

TWD 408,000

HKD 107,087

USD 13,802

CNY 96,682


Signature

Signed upper left ng Trung and dated 2011

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Asia
(The current owner acquired directly from the artiste.)



+ OVERVIEW

Born in Vietnam in 1940, Trung is known for his beautiful works of Vietnamese women. The figures he paints have long slender bodies, flapping hair, and demure elegance, reminiscent of the style of Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. However, the background, apparel, clothing, and posture retain Vietnamese traditions and Buddhist elements. This showcases an artistic tendency to merge things and transcend aesthetics. In 1963, he won the gold medal in the Vietnam Spring Salon Exhibition. Since the 1990s, he has been invited to show his paintings in traveling exhibitions organized by private galleries and museums in Europe and Asia. His works of art have been included in the collections of national art museums in Europe and Asia, such as Ho Chi Minh City Fine Art Museum, Museo Biblioteca Archivio in Bassano del Grappa, Singapore National Art Museum, and Vietnam Fine Art Museum in Hanoi.


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Ravenel Spring Auction 2020

Sunday, July 19, 2020, 1:00pm