Hoi Lebadang Crustacean Mixed Media Painting

Item Details

Hoi Lebadang (Vietnamese/French; 1922 – 2015)
Untitled, mid 20th century
Watercolor, glue, and metallic paint on paper
Signed to the lower right

Born in Vietnam, Lebadang emigrated to France in 1939, where he fought for the Resistance against the Nazi invasion. After surviving capture and internment in a prison camp, he went on to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Prolific in both painting and printmaking, Lebadang combined elements of Asian and Western art traditions to create textured, abstracted images of animals.

Condition

- glue/paint is peeling somewhat away from surface; spot to margin at lower right corner; waviness to sheet at upper center; accretions to inside of glass at lower right quadrant; yellowing to mat; wear to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visual image measures 21.5"W x 16"H.

Item #

ITMG020564