Le Pho

(French/Vietnamese, 1907-2001)

Bouquet Champêtre, 1966

oil on canvas

signed Le Pho and with Chinese characters (lower right); also titled; inscribed Palm Beach, and numbered 23415 (on the stretcher)

Please note this lot will be on view at Freeman's | Hindman Manhattan galleries, located at 32 E. 67th St, from October 20th to October 27th (10am-5pm).

39 1/2 x 26 in. (100.3 x 66cm)

Private Estate, Illinois.

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

The present lot will be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Wally Findlay Galleries, and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of the artist's work.

Provenance:

The Artist's studio, Paris, France, 1966.

Wally Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida by January 1967 (#FG 23415).

Acquired directly from the above in 1967.

Private Collection.

Thence by descent to the present owner.

Framed: 46 x 32 1/2 x 3 in.

The unlined painting is in overall good condition with some minor craquelure in the heavily painted areas. There are a few stray marks in the lower portion, for instance in the vase and to the right of the vase, the larger being approx. 2 in. long. Some pigments fluoresce under UV light but there there does not appear to be inpainting. Additional images available upon request.

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Raphaël Chatroux is the Head of Department for Freeman's Impressionist & Modern Art.

Chatroux joined Freeman’s in 2016 as a Fine Art department intern. Later that year, he was the Samuel M. Freeman II Fellowship recipient and was promoted to cataloguer. Since his arrival, he has developed an expertise for a wide range of American and European art. He worked closely with Chairman Alasdair Nichol on the successful sales of The Collections of Heidi Bigham Stott in 2020 and The Peltz Collection of Pennsylvania Impressionists in 2021. Chatroux is associated with recent world records obtained for artists Cecilia Beaux, Emma Fordyce McRae, and Bo Bartlett. He was also instrumental in the acquisition of a Berthe Morisot oil painting by the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris. As a native of France, Chatroux has worked in various art centers in Paris including Hôtel Drouot, where he oversaw auctions of fine wine and good spirits and the Palace of Versailles, where he conceived and curated several bilingual audio-guide tours. Chatroux graduated from Paris-Sorbonne University with a degree in art history; he also holds a master’s degree in art law.

Impressionist and Modern Art

Bouquet Champêtre, 1966

Impressionist and Modern Art

Bouquet Champêtre, 1966

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