“It all began in 2014: on a rainy evening, Charlotte Aguttes-Reynier, Head of the Asian Art Department at Aguttes auction house, visited a seller. There, on the wall of a bedroom, she discovered a delicate and beautiful silk painting, Le Thé by the Vietnamese artist Lê Phô (1907–2001). Listed as a decorative object in an old estate inventory, Charlotte estimated it at between €40,000 and €60,000. The work was ultimately sold for €204,000. This marked the beginning of a remarkable journey—the rebirth, after thirty years of neglect, of the Vietnamese painters from the École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine. [...]”

By Robin Massonnaud, published on 21/06/2025 in L'Express

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