Trung Thu MAI (1906-1980). Young woman preparing a bouquet of peach blossoms. Painting on silk marouflaged on paper signed with the artist's stamp and in Latin letters in the upper left corner and dated 1971. On the back, the artist's title "Fleurs de pêcher". Height 30 cm - Width 13 cm Attached is a certificate from Monsieur Jean F. Apesteguy dated March 16, 1993 in Deauville. We would like to thank Madame Lan MAI for confirming that this work will appear in the catalog raisonné, currently in preparation. Note: from an aristocratic family, Trung Thu MAI, known as "Mai-Thu", a French painter of Vietnamese origin, was introduced to art at an early age. His studies at the Beaux-Arts in Hanoi gave him a solid academic grounding. However, it was as a self-taught artist that he developed his unique style, blending Western influences with Vietnamese artistic tradition. Silk is his material of choice. He uses it to create works of great finesse, in which soft, pastel colors blend harmoniously. His compositions, often centered on female figures or scenes from daily life, are imbued with a gentleness and serenity that evoke the world of childhood. While Mai-Thu's "Children", widely reproduced by the Braun, Euros and Stehli editions and distributed by UNICEF, have contributed to her worldwide renown, the artist has also explored other fundamental themes: women, the central figure of the family and guardian of ancestral traditions, and nature, notably through floral compositions, as illustrated by our work.