MAI TRUNG THU — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works137

Museum Acquisitions

1 Institution

National Gallery Singapore

Previous Sales 131

Christie's

La Couture (Sewing), 1971

HK$355,600 ($46k USD)

Mar 2026

Christie's

Retour de la cueillette (Back from Fruit Picking), 1935

HK$355,600 ($46k USD)

Mar 2026

Sotheby's

Mai Trung Thu 枚中栨（梅忠恕） | Deux enfants à la lecture 兩個在讀書的孩童, 1941

Unknown

Nov 2024

Sotheby's

Mai Trung Thu 枚中栨（梅忠恕） | Jeunes enfants chuchotant 在說悄悄話的孩子們, 1972

Unknown

Nov 2024

Christie's

L’élégante Interrogation (The Elegant Questioning), 1943

HK$2,772,000 ($355k USD)

Sep 2024

Christie's

Leçon de boxe (Boxing Lesson), 1952

HK$630,000 ($81k USD)

Sep 2024

Sotheby's

Mai Trung Thu 枚中栨（梅忠恕）| Jeune Européenne dans un Jardin Japonais 日式花園中的歐洲少女, 1968

Unknown

Apr 2024

Sotheby's

Mai Trung Thu 枚中栨（梅忠恕）| Enfant couché, veste rouge 熟睡的紅衣孩童, 1973

Unknown

Apr 2024

Christie's

Contes et légendes (Fairy Tales and Legends), 1964

HK$2,394,000 ($306k USD)

Nov 2023

Christie's

Mère et enfants (Mother and Children), 1961

HK$1,890,000 ($242k USD)

Nov 2023

Christie's

La coiffure (Hairdressing)

HK$1,008,000 ($129k USD)

Nov 2023

Christie's

Leçon de calligraphie (Calligraphy Lesson), 1977

HK$327,600 ($42k USD)

Sep 2023

Christie's

Mère et enfant au kumquat (Mother and Child with Kumquat), 1969

HK$882,000 ($113k USD)

May 2023

Christie's

Jeune fille à la rose (Young Lady with a Rose), 1964

HK$504,000 ($65k USD)

May 2023

Christie's

Femme au pantalon jaune (Lady in Yellow Trousers), 1966

Bought In

May 2023

Christie's

Jeune femme à l’écharpe rose (Young Lady in a Rose Scarf), 1966

Bought In

May 2023

Christie's

Tunique bleue (Blue Ao Dai), 1960

Bought In

May 2023

Christie's

Maternité (Maternity), 1962

Bought In

May 2023

Christie's

Les enfants ( Children), 1959

HK$2,772,000 ($355k USD)

May 2023

Christie's

Femme au châle rouge (Lady with a Red Shawl), 1946

HK$1,764,000 ($226k USD)

Dec 2022

Christie's

Femmes au turban (Women with Turbans), 1966

HK$1,764,000 ($226k USD)

Dec 2022

Christie's

L’élégante Interrogation (The Elegant Questioning), 1943

HK$4,410,000 ($564k USD)

Nov 2022

Sotheby's

Mai Trung Thu 枚中栨（梅忠恕） | Children playing 戲耍孩童, 1955

Unknown

Aug 2022

Sotheby's

Mai Trung Thu 枚中栨（梅忠恕）| A gust of wind 一陣風, 1956

Unknown

Aug 2022

Sotheby's

Mai Trung Thu 枚中栨（梅忠恕）| Still life with apples 靜物與蘋果

Unknown

Aug 2022

For Sale 4

ARTIN Space 樂藝居 · Artsy

Poème sur soie（a set of 8）, 1961

Price on request

Lithographs on silk

Omer Tiroche Gallery · Artsy

La toilette, 1946

US$280,000–US$320,000

Ink and gouache on silk

XO Gallery · Artsy

Poeme Sur Soie, 1961

Price on request

Lithographs on Silk

VILLEPIN · Artsy

Femmes du peuple, 1967

Price on request

Ink and colour on silk

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Market128 auction results

trending_upWorks on paper Range

$8.8K – $720K

24 of 38 works on paper lots with prices

calculateWorks on paper Average

$109K

Object-type specific

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$121K

24 priced works on paper lots

calendar_todayLast Work on paper Sale

Mar 2026 · $45.5K

Latest priced sale: La Couture (Sewing) - 24 x 13 cm - $146/sq cm

categoryMarket by Object Type

Works on paper: $121K medianPaintings: $29.6K medianEditioned prints: $3.5K medianBooks/portfolios: $15.2K median

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