VU CAO DAM (1908-2000)

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VU CAO DAM (1908-2000)
VU CAO DAM (1908-2000) Maternity, ca. 1950-52 Ink and gouache on silk mounted on paper, signed lower left 53 × 44 cm at sight We thank Mrs. Yannick VU for having confirmed the authenticity of this work. By keeping the silk and renouncing the coarser canvas that calls for the use of oil, Vu Cao Dam does not turn the difficulty - for silk is a capricious and delicate subjective - he opts only for the softness of the fades and the suppleness of the line. His palette generally gives the impression of great sobriety, but on analysis it reveals itself to be extraordinarily rich: muted turquoises, sumptuous madder shades, softened yellows, deep indigos, greens of infinite variety. From time to time he is caught doing portraits that belong entirely to the Sino-Indochinese tradition of times past. [Extract from France illustration Le monde illustré - Special issue on Indochina].
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