ID 717698
Lot 13 | ZAO WOU-KI (1920-2013)
Estimate value
CNY 11 000 000 – 18 000 000
Le soir à l’Hôtel du Palais (Palace Hotel by night)
signed in Chinese, signed and dated ‘sep 2004 ZAO 2004’ (lower right); signed and dated ‘ZAO Wou-Ki Sep 2004’ (on the reverse); titled and dated ‘Le soir, à l’Hotel du Palais, septembre 2004’ (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
130 x 195 cm. (51 1⁄8 X 76 3⁄4 in.)
Painted in 2004
Provenance
Private collection, Europe (acquired directly from the artist)
This work is referenced in the archive of the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki and will be included in the artist’s forthcoming catalogue raisonne prepared by Francoise Marquet and Yann Hendgen (Information provided by Fondation Zao Wou-Ki).
Literature
Albin Michel Editions, Zao Wou-Ki, Dans l’ultime bonheur de peindre, 2000-2010, Paris, 2012 (illustrated, p. 36-38).
Le Bellevue, Zao Wou-Ki: Peintures et encres de Chine, 1948-2005, exh. cat., Biarritz, Espace Bellevue, 2005 (illustrated, plate 50, p.93).
Exhibited
Biarritz, Espace Bellevue, Zao Wou-Ki, Peintures et Encres de Chine, 1948-2005, July-October 2005.
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Artist: | Zao Wou-Ki (1920 - 2013) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
Artist: | Zao Wou-Ki (1920 - 2013) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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