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Zao Wou-Ki (1921-2013)

Lot 117
18.10.2024 10:00UTC +01:00
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€ 4 396 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 1307037
Lot 117 | Zao Wou-Ki (1921-2013)
Estimate value
€ 4 000 000 – 6 000 000
Zao Wou-Ki (1921-2013)
24.05.65
signé en chinois et en pinyin 'Zao' (en bas à droite); signé deux fois, titré et dédicacé 'A M + Mrs H.Harvard Arnason. Leur Ami Zao ZAO WOU-KI ''24.Mai.65''' (au revers)
huile sur toile
161.6 x 150 cm.
Peint en 1965

signed in Chinese and in Pinyin 'Zao' (lower right); signed twice, titled and dedicated 'A M + Mrs H.Harvard Arnason. Leur Ami ZAO ZAO WOU-KI ''24.Mai.65''' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
63 5/8 x 15 ½ in.
Painted in 1965




Provenance

L'artiste.
Hjorvardur Harvard Arnason, New York.
Vente, Sotheby's, New York, 5 et 6 mai 1986, lot 195.
Acquis au cours de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel.



Literature

J. Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Paris/New York/Barcelone, 1978/1979/1980, p. 315, no. 125 (illustré en couleurs, p. 175).
J. Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Paris/Barcelone, 1986, p. 315, no. 125 (illustré en couleurs, p. 175).
J.-F. Yu et F. Cheng, Zao Wou-Ki, Guangzhou/Hong Kong, 1988 (illustré en couleurs, p. 20).
Y. Bonnefoy et G. de Cortanze, Zao Wou-Ki, Paris, 1998, p. 377 (illustré en couleurs, p. 139).
M. Walt, A. Weitz et M. Yun, No Limits. Zao Wou-Ki, cat. ex., New Haven/London, 2016/2017, fig. 24 (illustré en couleurs, p. 40).
F. Marquet-Zao et Y. Hendgen, Catalogue raisonné des peintures. Zao Wou-Ki. 1959-1974, Paris, 2023, vol. II, no. P-0847 (illustré en couleurs, pp. 147 et 296).



Exhibited

Caen, Maison de la culture, Zao Wou-Ki, février 1966.



Further details

Cette œuvre est référencée aux archives de la Fondation Zao Wou-Ki (information fournie par la Fondation Zao Wou-Ki).
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