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LÉA LAFUGIE (1890-1972)
Lot 202 A Landmark Collection of Vietnamese Art : THE JEAN-MARC LEFÈVRE COLLECTION

LÉA LAFUGIE (1890-1972)

Diseur de bonne aventure (The Fortune Teller)

Closed3 December 2020

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HKD 87,500

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LÉA LAFUGIE (1890-1972)
Diseur de bonne aventure (The Fortune Teller)
signed, inscribed and dated ‘Lafugie Hanoi 1929’ (lower left); inscribed in Chinese (upper right); titled ‘Diseur de bonne aventure’ (on the reverse)
watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper
31.5 x 24 cm. (12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Executed in 1929

Collection of Jean-Marc Lefèvre, Paris, France

Specialist note

"Impressive is this fortune-teller immersed in his diviner work. His intellectual rigour is however contrasted by his toes revealing a relaxed whimsy..."