Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Deux fillettes, 1978
Gouache · Other support
Phillips · Mar 29, 2026HK$967,500 ≈ $123,501 ≈ £92,991 ≈ €107,234Sign up free to see price
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Sadness
Mai Trung Thu (French, 1906–1980) · 1968
HK$967,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ $124,343≈ £92,524≈ €106,531
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- Medium
- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “gouache on silk, in artist’s frame”
- Support
- Other support
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, stamped with the artist's seal and dated 'MAI THU 1968 [in Chinese]' upper right
- Category
- Gouaches
- Dimensions
- work 39 x 24.5 cm. (15 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.) frame 50.5 x 39 cm (19 7/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale (HK010925)
- Date
- September 28, 2025
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Lot
- 178
- Estimate
- HK$450,000 – HK$650,000 (≈ $57,834 – $83,538) (≈ £43,034 – £62,161) (≈ €49,549 – €71,571)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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