Vietnamese/French, 1907-2001
Mother and Child in a Garden
Signed Le Pho in Chinese and Latin characters (lr); inscribed indistinctly "La... aux... raisins"/ no. 51 and N.Y. 23 on the reverse
Oil on silk laid down to board
28 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches (72.7 x 50.1 cm)

Provenance:
Galerie Romanet, Paris
Private collection, acquired from the above; thence by descent in the family

Some frame rubbing with some minor tearing of the silk in the corners; could use a light cleaning; scattered craquelure, mainly at the upper perimeter, resulting in a few tiny scattered paint flakes; no apparent restoration.