Mai Trung Thu: career timeline

French · 1906–1980 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 23 of 27 lots (85% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Mai Trung Thu: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1940s	1	1	$63.7kSign up	Gouache
1950s	6	6	$64.4kSign up	Gouache
1960s	7	7	$55.9kSign up	Print (other)
1970s	8	8	$45kSign up	Gouache

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1940s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $63.7kSign up
Average: $63.7kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 11 in (35 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (1)
Subjects: —

1943 Lady Combing Hair$63.7kSign up

1950s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $64.4kSign up
Average: $83.5kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 10.5 in (34 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (3), Other (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5)

1953 Jeune femme buvant le thé, le livre "Phụ Nữ" (Femmes) posé sur la table (A young woman drinking tea, the book "Phụ Nữ" (Women) placed on the table)$162kSign up
1953 Young Girl Drinking Tea$48.2kSign up · sold 2×
1954 Maternité : femme et enfant$73kSign up
1954 Jeune femme à la fleur (Young lady with a flower)$55.9kSign up
1959 La Rose Rouge (J. femme à l’écharpe) [The Red Rose (Young Lady with Scarf)]$111kSign up
1959 Two Boys Playing the Flute$51kSign up

1960s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $55.9kSign up
Average: $54.4kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 9.5 in (35 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (3), Drawing (2), Gouache (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Birds (1)

1970s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $45kSign up
Average: $91.3kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 16 in (37 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (4), Print (other) (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4)

1971 Walk in the Garden$282kSign up
1971 Girl Serving Tea$232kSign up
1971 Woman with Two Children$803Sign up
1972 Huit enfants, garçons et filles (Eight children, boys and girls)$89kSign up
1977 Five Boys Playing$964Sign up
1978 Deux fillettes$124kSign up
1978 Woman with Mirror$964Sign up
1979 Women in Garden$964Sign up

Creation date not recorded

4 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $4.5kSign up
Average: $66.6kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 29.5 in (39 × 75 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (3), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Birds (1)

sold 2021 Three works: (i) Woman with Mirror; (ii) Woman with Two Children; (iii) Woman with Bird$4.5kSign up
sold 2023 Resignation$195kSign up
sold 2026 La ClasseUnsold
sold 2026 La Recreation$126Sign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Mai Trung Thu auction results →