27.5 × 19.5 cm. Ink on paper. Portrait of Henri Corbière. Inscription: Enquête mondiale "Maximes de vie" des Grands Peintres contemporains - Amour et humilité - Le Pho. Signed in Roman letters and Chinese characters: Le Pho. Inscription at lower left corner: Vietnam. Framed under glass.
Henri Corbière (1888–1980) started the above mentioned "survey about the life maximes of great contemporary artists" and collected over the years all kinds of paintings which the artists produced for him. Provenance: Swiss private collection. Purchased at Sotheby’s Singapur, April 6, 2003, SG7915, Lot 118. --------------- LE PHO (1907–2001). 27,5 × 19,5 cm. Tusche auf Papier. Portrait von Henri Corbière. Aufschrift: Enquête mondiale "Maximes de vie" des Grands Peintres contemporains - Amour et humilité - Le Pho. Unten rechts signiert in r?mischen Buchstaben und chinesischen Schriftzeichen: Le Pho. Unten links: Vietnam. Unter Glas gerahmt.
Henri Corbière (1888–1980) war der Urheber der oben genannten "Umfrage zu den Lebensmaximen der grossen zeitgen?ssischen Künstler". Er sammelte so über die Jahre hinweg viele Zeichnungen, die ihm die Künstler auf seine Anfrage hin anfertigten. Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung. Erworben bei Sotheby’s Singapur, 6. April 2003, SG7915, Lot 118. ---------------
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