Auction 128 / Lot 737
Title
PORTRAIT OF A GIRL
Artist
HUYNH VAN GAM
Origin
Vietnam, 1960
Technique
Lacquer on wood, framed
Dimension
48,5 x 32,5 cm (F. 65 x 49.3 cm)
Reserve price
Hammer price
Description
The artist uses the technique of inlaying eggshells to express the texture of the girl's top and headband, signed upper right and lower left. Huynh van Gam (1922-1987) was a Vietnamese painter and politician, he attended the Hanoi College of Fine Arts and was a winner of the Ho Chi Minh Prize for Literature and Art in 1990.
