{"id":8029,"date":"2026-09-29T14:13:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/?p=8029"},"modified":"2026-09-30T15:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:51:10","slug":"vu-cao-dam-and-sothebys-hong-kong-achieved-new-records-for-vietnamese-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/vu-cao-dam-and-sothebys-hong-kong-achieved-new-records-for-vietnamese-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Vu Cao Dam and Sotheby\u2019s Hong Kong achieved new records for Vietnamese paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u0110\u1ecdc b\u1ea3n ti\u1ebfng Vi\u1ec7t t\u1ea1i <a href=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/vu-cao-dam-va-sothebys-lap-ky-luc-gia-moi-cho-tranh-viet\/\"><span style=\"color: #00aae7\">\u0111\u00e2y.<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #282828\">Sotheby\u2019s held its recurring autumn auction for Modern Art and Contemporary Art in Hong Kong yesterday evening and this morning, yielding highly impressive results for Vietnamese art. Across both the evening (28 September) and the day auction (29 September), there were 18 Vietnamese artworks featured. All of them found their new owners \u2013 achieving a <strong>100% sell-through rate<\/strong> \u2013 with <strong>72% (13 out of 18) selling above the high estimate<\/strong> and <strong>100% exceeding the low estimate<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The work receiving the most attention was the silk painting <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elegant Gathering in the Garden<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (1939) by Vu Cao Dam; it sold for US$3.69 million (HK$28.96 million), inclusive of fees, becoming the highest-priced Vietnamese artwork ever publicly sold at auction and surpassing the previous record of Mai Trung Thu\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Portrait of Mademoiselle Phuong<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (1931). Created in 1939 and measuring a substantial 85.6 x 114.5 cm, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elegant Gathering in the Garden<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was exhibited at the Agence \u00c9conomique de l&#8217;Indochine (Indochina Economic Agency or Agindo) in Paris. The piece was previously auctioned at Sotheby\u2019s Hong Kong in 2008, as part of the Philip Ng collection, and was featured in the book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visions and Enchantment: Southeast Asian Paintings<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (2000), published by the Singapore Art Museum.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7885\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7885\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7885\" src=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elegant-Gatherin-in-the-garden-scaled.webp\" alt=\"Vu Cao Dam\u2019s Elegant Gathering in the Garden at Sotheby\u2019s Auction\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elegant-Gatherin-in-the-garden-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elegant-Gatherin-in-the-garden-300x226.webp 300w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elegant-Gatherin-in-the-garden-1024x772.webp 1024w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elegant-Gatherin-in-the-garden-768x579.webp 768w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elegant-Gatherin-in-the-garden-1536x1157.webp 1536w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elegant-Gatherin-in-the-garden-2048x1543.webp 2048w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elegant-Gatherin-in-the-garden-1200x904.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #282828\"><em>Vu Cao Dam, &#8220;Elegant Gathering in the Garden (Conversation D\u2019\u00c9l\u00e9gantes Au Jardin)&#8221;\u00a0(1939), ink and gouache on silk, 85.6 \u00d7 114.5 cm. Photo: Sotheby\u2019s.<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thus, with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elegant Gathering in the Garden<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Vu Cao Dam achieved his second million-dollar-plus sale, following <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Women Bathing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Femmes au bain) (1944), which was sold in 2020. With this record, Sotheby\u2019s reaffirms its leading position in the market for Vietnamese art, holding four of the top five, five of the top ten, and ten of the top twenty records.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another standout piece in the auction was <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Park 15<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (2005), a large-scale acrylic work by Tran Luu Hau measuring four meters in width. The painting sold for $360,000, inclusive of fees and taxes \u2013 more than double its high estimate \u2013 setting a new personal record for the artist. It also stands as the highest price ever achieved at auction for a work by an artist from the Resistance period.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8032\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8032 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tran-luu-hau.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1031\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tran-luu-hau.webp 2560w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tran-luu-hau-300x121.webp 300w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tran-luu-hau-1024x412.webp 1024w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tran-luu-hau-768x309.webp 768w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tran-luu-hau-1536x619.webp 1536w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tran-luu-hau-2048x825.webp 2048w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tran-luu-hau-1200x483.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/1031;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #282828\">Tran Luu Hau, \u201cPark 15\u201d (2005), acrylic on canvas, 160 \u00d7 405 cm. Photo: Sotheby\u2019s.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other notable works at the auction included <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Melody <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(M\u00e9lodie) (1950) by Mai Trung Thu (US$587,000), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Abandon <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(1946) by Le Pho (US$277,000), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Returning Home<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Le retour) by Joseph Inguimberty (US$342,000), and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Angkor Wat Temple<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (1938) by Tran Binh Loc (US$244,000).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8031\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8031 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/melodie-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2094\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/melodie-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/melodie-300x245.webp 300w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/melodie-1024x838.webp 1024w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/melodie-768x628.webp 768w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/melodie-1536x1257.webp 1536w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/melodie-2048x1676.webp 2048w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/melodie-1200x982.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/2094;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #282828\">Mai Trung Thu, &#8220;Melody (M\u00e9lodie)&#8221; (1950), ink and gouache on silk, 50 \u00d7 60.8 cm. Photo: Sotheby&#8217;s.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8030\" style=\"width: 2550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8030 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-Pho-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2550\" height=\"2560\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-Pho-scaled.webp 2550w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-Pho-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-Pho-1020x1024.webp 1020w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-Pho-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-Pho-768x771.webp 768w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-Pho-1530x1536.webp 1530w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-Pho-2040x2048.webp 2040w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-Pho-1200x1205.webp 1200w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-Pho-100x100.webp 100w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2550px) 100vw, 2550px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2550\/2560;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #282828\">Le Pho, &#8220;Abandon&#8221; (1950), oil, ink and gouache on silk, 50 \u00d7 49 cm. Photo: Sotheby&#8217;s.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7953\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7953\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7953 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-retour-scaled.webp\" alt=\"Joseph Inguimberty, \u201cReturning Home (Le retour)\u201d (unknown date), oil on canvas, 65.8 \u00d7 162.8 cm. Photo: Sotheby\u2019s.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1020\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-retour-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-retour-300x120.webp 300w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-retour-1024x408.webp 1024w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-retour-768x306.webp 768w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-retour-1536x612.webp 1536w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-retour-2048x816.webp 2048w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Le-retour-1200x478.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/1020;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #282828\">Joseph Inguimberty, \u201cReturning Home (Le retour)\u201d (unknown date), oil on canvas, 65.8 \u00d7 162.8 cm. Photo: Sotheby\u2019s.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7981\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7981\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7981 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Tran-Binh-Loc-Angkor-Wat-temple-scaled.webp\" alt=\"Angkor Wat (1938), Tr\u1ea7n B\u00ecnh L\u1ed9c, oil on canvas\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1676\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Tran-Binh-Loc-Angkor-Wat-temple-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Tran-Binh-Loc-Angkor-Wat-temple-300x196.webp 300w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Tran-Binh-Loc-Angkor-Wat-temple-1024x670.webp 1024w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Tran-Binh-Loc-Angkor-Wat-temple-768x503.webp 768w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Tran-Binh-Loc-Angkor-Wat-temple-1536x1005.webp 1536w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Tran-Binh-Loc-Angkor-Wat-temple-2048x1341.webp 2048w, https:\/\/artnation.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Tran-Binh-Loc-Angkor-Wat-temple-1200x785.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/1676;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #282828\">Tran Binh Loc, &#8220;Angkor Wat Temple&#8221; (1938), oil on canvas, 71.5 \u00d7 108 cm. Photo: Sotheby&#8217;s.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"color: #282828\"><strong>Words: Ace Le &#8211; Senior Consultant, Sotheby&#8217;s<br \/>\nTranslation: Art Nation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vu Cao Dam and Sotheby\u2019s Hong Kong achieved new records for Vietnamese paintings across two sessions on 28 and 29 September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,75],"tags":[239,220,232],"class_list":["post-8029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-natomy","category-featured-articles","tag-auction","tag-sothebys","tag-vu-cao-dam"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.4 (Yoast SEO v26.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vu Cao Dam and Sotheby\u2019s Hong Kong achieved new records for Vietnamese paintings - Art Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Across both the evening (28 September) and day (29 September) sessions at Modern Day Auction of Sotheby\u2019s Hong Kong, Vu Cao Dam\u2019s \u201cElegant Gathering in the Garden (Conversation d&#039;\u00e9l\u00e9gantes au jardin)\u201d became the highest-selling work by a Vietnamese artist to date. 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