SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
Born in the village of Kim Hoang, in Ha Tay Province, Bui Xuan Phai graduated from the Higher School of Fine Arts of Indochina in 1945. He subsequently taught at the Hanoi School of Fine Arts between 1956 and 1957.
The provenance of Woman in Front of a Village indicates that the work was purchased directly from the artist’s family in 1994. It is listed as lot 897 in a Piguet auction in December 2018.
This profile brings together identity references for Bui Xuan Phai and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Piguet
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Gouache
Femme devant un village
gouache
Catalogue period : 2018-12-12
Published result : 700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 700–900
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Oil on cardboard
Scène de village
huile sur carton
Catalogue period : 2018-12-12
Published result : 1000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Gouache
Deux femmes à la toilette
gouache
Catalogue period : 2018-12-12
Published result : 7000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 7000–9000
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Oil on cardboard
Scène de village
huile sur carton
Catalogue period : 2018-12-12
Published result : 1000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Two gouaches on cardboard
Portrait de femmes — deux œuvres
deux gouaches sur carton
Lot groupé — prix global
Catalogue period : 2018-12-12
Group lot — total price
Published result : 1200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1200–1800
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