$400 OBO -- This is a framed, hand signed and artist proof (EA) lithograph by acclaimed Vietnamese artist, Hoi Lebadang (1922 – 2015). This black and red lithograph with multiple embossings is number 4 from his 10 Horses portfolio, dated 1974. It’s pencil signed on the lower right and marked EA in pencil on the lower left.
The print is in a double mat and heavy black and gilt accented wood frame that measures 36.5” x 28.5” on the wall. The print has slipped slightly in the mat, but I’ll leave it to the next owner to open the backing to straighten it. Otherwise, the print is in great condition – has some slight toning of the paper (see photos for condition). I have not examined the print out of the frame.
Artist: Hoi Lebadang (Vietnamese-French, 1921-2015)
Title: 4 from the 10 Horses portfolio
Edition: EA
Size: 30 x 21"
Frame: 36.5" x 28.5"
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Artist bio: Lebadang was born in 1921 in Bich-La-Dong, a village along the Huong River in Quang-Tri Province of Hue, Vietnam. He expressed himself through a variety of media, including painting, watercolor, sculpture, jewelry and graphic works. He often combined various media, creating sculptural, highly textured artwork.
He emigrated to France in 1939 to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse. He had his first one-man show in Paris in 1950 and over the next thirty years gained prominence throughout France and Germany. He came to the attention of Americans in 1966 when the Cincinnati Art Museum hosted the first one-man exhibition of his paintings in the United States.
Lebadang fuses the cultural influence of Europe and the Orient in his poetic visions articulated in watercolor, sculpture and lithography. He is critically acclaimed for the grace and simplicity of his imagery, executed in infinite variations of line, shape and color.
Lebadang's paintings and graphics are in many important public and private collections, including the University Art Gallery, Lund, Sweden; Rockfeller Collection, New York; Loo Collection, Tokyo; Phoenis Art Museum; Ruud Lighting, Inc.; Lloyd Baretz Enterprises; Behavioral Medicine Northwest, Seattle; etc.
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