Lot 266. Mai Trung Thứ (1906-1980), Poème sur soie (Poem on Silk). Estimate 35,000 — 55,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby’s.

signed, stamped with a seal of the artist and dated variously between 1950 – 1960 (8); lithography on silk fixed on paper (8); each print varies in size (8); smallest: 12 by 9.5 cm; 4 3/4  by 3 3/4  in.; largest: 17.8 by 12 cm; 7 by 4 3/4  in.; book case: 29.5 by 19 by 3.5 cm; 11 1/2  by 7 1/2  by 1 1/2  in. The book consists of 8 poems by Pham Van Ky, 8 lithograph silk prints by Mai Trung Thu, and accompanied with a black silk presentation case. Published in 1961 and numbered 486 / 523.

Sotheby’s. Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, Hong Kong, 03 Oct 2016, 10:00 AM