Epitomizing Le Pho's technical skill and vivid sense of imagination, La famille dans le jardin (Lot 1042) belongs to the pinnacle of Le Pho's oeuvre as well as the overarching stylistic epoch of Vietnamese modernism. This striking work is one of the finest, most elaborate known compositions by the artist painted on the delicate and demanding surface of silk. Especially striking due to its unconventionally large size, as only a handful of works of this scale and medium have surfaced in the auction market, this rare masterwork boasts exceptional wall power. La famille dans le jardin is the second largest figurative work in this medium by the artist to appear in the auction market.
Typically, such works of this period by Le Pho feature between one and four individuals. However, the present work features five figures and a dog, and the minutia in this painting enshrines a deep attention to background detail and showcases a level of intricacy seldom found in his oeuvre. La famille dans le jardin is a sprawling, multi-layered composition that recedes far into the distance, featuring the artist's most iconic motifs. The composition is an indulgence to the eye, tracing the landscape of a manicured garden with elegant lines that curve in and out between the varying natural elements and figures across through the confines of a vertical picture plane. Le Pho manages to conjure a seemingly never-ending space, abundant with lush foliage and undulating, hilly grasslands.
Le Pho was inspired by idealized themes with pleasant connotations, particularly highlighting the most quintessential theme of family life. The picture plane is brimming with tortuous details and populated with figures engaged in curious activities comprising gardening, laundry, reading and sewing. The multifarious background and individuals frame the composition's hallowed focal point: the mother and child. Though they are engrossed in their own activities, the mother perches her leg on a bench as she sews an orange scarf with oriental motifs, while the boy – engrossed in his book - utilizes that same bench as a table. The mother and child are comfortable and secure in the presence of one another.
Similar to French Impressionist paintings, Le Pho's opus conjures sent.mes ntalized vignettes of private and leisurely interactions set in idealized, outdoor spaces. Channeling the essential principles of Impressionism - creating scenes that were photographic, candid and momentary - Le Pho therefore offers a fleeting snapshot of the family, caught only in a moment of impermanence. An exquisite and captivating masterpiece of exceptional rarity, the present lot was executed in circa 1938 and is a test.mes nt to the heights of Vietnamese modern artistic innovations.
《花園裡的家庭》（拍品編號 1042）體現了黎譜的高超畫技和豐富的想像力，屬於黎譜的巔峰之作，也代表著現代主義在越南誕生時的主要風格特色。本作是越南絹本作品的傑出典例，已達博物館收藏級別。藝術家在如此嬌嫩而具挑戰性的媒材上，仍能繪出如此精細的構圖，技藝之高讓人驚豔。本作尺幅龐大，在黎譜的作品中非常少有，因而尤其出眾。歷來只有幾幅如此尺幅的黎譜水墨水粉絹本作品登上拍場。本作是黎譜在拍場上出現過尺幅第二大的人物絹畫。黎譜在這段時期創作的畫作，通常繪有一至四位人物。畫中可見五個人物和一隻狗；從黎譜對背景細節的用心，足見他豐富的想像力和超群的繪畫技巧。藝術家創作了一個似乎無邊無際的空間，漫山遍野的青草上長滿了翠綠的林木，平面畫幅上的一點一線都是刻意佈下的細節。
本作畫面層次多樣，景物往遠處淡去形成延伸的空間，是黎譜的標誌特色。黎譜在垂直的畫面上營造了層次豐富的構圖和由近至遠的景深效果。蜿蜒的線條穿插在自然景物與人物之間，修剪整齊的花園順勢映入眼簾，效果賞心悅目。黎譜在畫中展現綠油如茵的草丘，碧草綿延，營造出恍若無盡的空間。黎譜的創作靈感來自對理想生活的美好想像，而家庭生活就是他最重視的主題。
畫中五個人物各自進行不同的活動，包括種花、洗衣、閱讀、縫紉等，細緻程度在黎譜的作品中亦屬難得一見。本作豐富的背景與人物佈局使畫面聚焦於中間的母子。母親側坐在長椅上縫製帶東方色彩圖案的橙色圍巾，兒子則以椅為桌、埋首閱讀，雖然二人各自沉醉於自己的活動，但在相伴下二人皆感舒適自在。一如法國印象派畫作，黎譜的作品描繪人們在理想的戶外空間裡親密寫意地互動的動人時刻。藝術家套用印象派的基本原則，以帶照相氣氛的作品捕捉真實而短暫的畫面，而本作就記錄了家庭生活的某個瞬間。本作大約繪於1938年，是精細而罕見的大師級傑作，代表著越南現代藝術創作的巔峰時期。