£300
Framed original watercolour painting by Léa Lafugie (11 Feb 1890 — 18 June 1972) depicting an Apricot selling and customer with children in traditional Eastern dress entitled ‘Apricots Bazar - Leh - Ladakh)’ (Leh is a district of Ladakh in India). Frame approx 28cm x 34cm. Some foxing but colours are vibrant.
Lafugie was a French explorer, artist and writer, one of the first solo women to travel in Tibet. She completed three expeditions creating art along the way between 1926 and 1931. She published two illustrated books of her journeys (Au Tibet, published around 1950, and Connaissance de l’Asie. Le Tibet Terre des Bouddha Vivants, published in 1963) and she additionally submitted several illustrated articles to magazines such as The National Geographic Magazine.
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