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AUCTION 51: A NEW YORK ART AND COLLECTIBLES SALE
Lot 136:
Vu Cao Dam, an oil on canvas painting depicting a young mother with a child. Signed and dated 1969 lower left. Housed in a gilded wooden frame.
Vu Cao Dam (1908-2000) was a Vietnamese-French artist known for Modernist figure, landscape and portrait bust sculpture. After studying at the Ecole du Louvre, where he admired the Italian primitives as well as the contributions of impressionist and post-impressionist painters, he discovered the works of Rodin, Charles Despiau and Giacometti. The bronze requisitions of the Second World War pushed the young artist to use other materials such as terracotta, which he shaped with great sensitivity. It was at this time that he produced his most beautiful pieces, which he described as unique works. By freezing in clay the graceful silhouette of the Tonkinese, he creates a deep link between the Chinese court ladies of the Tang period and the Child Virgins of European culture.
Dimensions: 25 3/4 x 21 1/4 in., (65.5 x 54 cm.)
Condition: Very good overall with only minor surface wear and dirt in some places.
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