BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988) - STREET SCENE

signed and dated '82 lower left - oil on canvas laid on cardboard - 58.5 by 80cm.; 23 by 31½in. - Estimate: 150,000—200,000 HKD

Provenance: Private Collection of Mr Philip Ng, Singapore

BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988) - HOUSES

signed and dated '68 lower right - oil on canvas - 66 by 78.5cm.; 26 by 30¾in - 125,000—150,000 HKD

Provenance: Private Collection of Mr Philip Ng, Singapore

BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988) - CHEO ACTORS

signed and dated '84 lower left - lacquer on panel - 50 by 64.5cm.; 19½ by 25¼in - 400,000—500,000 HKD

Provenance: Private Collection of Mr Philip Ng, Singapore

BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988) - TWO CHEO MUSICIANS

signed lower right; dated xi 1981 lower left - lacquer on panel - 15.5 by 25.5cm.; 6 by 10in - 75,000—100,000 HKD

Provenance:

Formerly in the Collection of Tham Vo Hoang, Paris
Private Collection of Mr Philip Ng, Singapore

BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988) - VILLAGE

signed and dated 1956 lower right - oil on canvas - 58 by 91cm.; 22¾ by 35¾in - 100,000—125,000 HKD

Provenance: Private Collection of Mr Philip Ng, Singapore

BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988) - PORTRAIT DE M. TRAN THINH

signed and dated '71 lower right- oil on canvas - 78.5 by 56cm.; 30¾ by 22¼in - 200,000—300,000 HKD

Provenance: Tham Thi Don Thu, widow of the model

Exhibited: 1988, Artist's Exhibition, Art and Literature Association of Hanoi, 19 Hang Bûon Street

Literature: Nguyen Quang Phong, The Fine Arts College of Indochina and Vietnamese Painting, Hanoi, 1993, n°64
Nguyen Quang Phong, Painters of the Fine Arts College of Indochina, Hanoi, 1997, n°55.

BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988) - ACTEURS DU CHEO/ NUE/ FEMME À SA TOILETTE

signed lower right - executed circa 1970 - signed and dated '88 lower right/ signed and dated '83 upper right - oil on board/ gouache on newspaper/ gouache on newspaper - oil on canvas - 45 by 62cm.; 17¾ by 24¼in./ 42.5 by 29cm.; 16¾ by 11¼in./ 42.5 by 57cm.; 16¾ by 22¼in. - 150,000—200,000 HKD

Provenance: Private Collection, France

Sotheby's HK. An Important Collection of Vietnamese Paintings Featuring The Philip Ng Collection. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (New Wing). Tue, 08 Apr 08 8:00 PM