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ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)

Lot 13
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Lot 13 | ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)
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HKD 6 800 000 – 12 000 000
ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)
10.05.62.
signed in Chinese and signed ‘ZAO’ (lower right); signed, titled, inscribed, and dated 'ZAO Wou-Ki 130 x 89 cm 10.5.62.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
130 x 89 cm. (51 1/8 x 35 in.)
Painted in 1962




Provenance

The Artist
Private collection, Europe
Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

Zao Wou-Ki, exh. cat., Musée d’art Contemporain, Montreal and Musée du Québec, Québec City, 1969 (listed, unpaged).
J. Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Documentation by Françoise Marquet, Editions Cercle d’Art, Paris and Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1978 (illustrated, plate 302, p. 285).
Zao Wou-Ki: Paintings, Indian ink, exh cat., Fukuoka City Museum, Fukuoka; Grand Art Gallery, Tokyo; Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukui; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; Kamakura, The Museum of Modern Art, 1981-1982 (illustrated, unpaged).
J. Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Updated French Edition, Editions Cercle d’Art, Paris and Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1986 (illustrated, plate 334, p. 325).
J. Yu and F. Cheng, Zao Wou-Ki, Lingnan Art Publishing House, Guangzhou and Joint Publishing Co., Ltd, Hong Kong, 1988 (illustrated, p.73).
T. Pan and S. Chan(ed.), Zao Wou-Ki Retrospective, exh. cat., Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, 1993 (illustrated, p. 53).
P. Daix, Zao Wou-Ki: L’oeuvre 1935-1993, Ides et Calendes, Neuchâtel, 1994 (illustrated, p. 100).
Infinite Image and Space – A Retrospective of Zao Wou-Ki, exh. cat., Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1996 (illustrated, p.103).
Zao Wou-Ki 60 Ans de Peintures (1935-1998), Joint Publishing, Shanghai, 1998 (illustrated, p. 141).
Zao Wou-Ki: Friendship and Reconciliation, exh.cat., Villepin, Hong Kong, 2020 (illustrated in detail, coverpage; illustrated, p.9).
X. Yu and Y. Hendgen (ed.), The Way Is Infinite: Centennial Retrospective Exhibition of Zao Wou-Ki, exh. cat., Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, 2023 (illustrated, p. 156).
F. Marquet-Zao and Y. Hendgen, Catalogue Raisonne des Peintures Zao Wou-Ki, vol. II 1959-1974, Editions Flammarion, Paris, 2023 (illustrated, plate. 0712, p. 92).



Exhibited

Essen, Museum Folkwang, Zao Wou-Ki, 1965.
Montréal, Musée d’art Contemporain, Zao Wou-Ki, June-July 1969. This exhibition later travelled to Québec City, Musée du Québec, July-August 1969.
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Zao Wou-Ki: Paintings, Indian ink, 1981.This exhibition later travelled to Fukuoka, Fukuoka Art Museum, October 1981; Tokyo, Grand Art Gallery, November 1981; Fukui, Prefectural Museum of Art, February-March 1982; Kyoto,The National Museum of Modern Art, March-May 1982, Kamakura, The Museum of Modern Art, May-June 1982.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Paintings by Zao Wou-Ki, 1982.
Singapore, National Museum of Modern Art, Rétrospective, 1982.
Beijing, The National Art Museum of China, Zao Wou-Ki, September 1983. This exhibition later travelled to Hangzhou, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Art), September 1983.
Aix-en-Provence, Fondation Vasarely, Zao Wou-Ki, collection personnelle, 1955-1989, July – August 1991.
Lisbon, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Zao Wou-Ki, oleos, aguadas, February- March 1992.
Taipei, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Zao Wou-Ki Retrospective, March – May 1993.
Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, A retrospective of Zao Wou-Ki, January – April 1996.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Infinite Image and Space: A retrospective of Zao Wou-Ki, May – July 1996.
Shanghai, Shanghai Museum, Zao Wou-Ki: 60 Ans de Peintures, November 1998 – January 1999. This exhibition later travelled to Beijing, National Art Museum of China, February – March 1999; Guangzhou, Guangdong Museum of Art, April – June 1999.
Valencia, IVAM Centre Julio González, Zao Wou-Ki Rétrospective, May – July 2001.
Helsinki, Taidehalli d’Helsinki Art Center, Zao Wou-Ki, March-April 2003.
Dunkerque, Musee des Beaux Arts, Zao Wou-Ki, une quete du silence, April-August 2004.
Locarno, Pinacoteca Comunale, Zao Wou-Ki 1920-2013: Retrospettiva, September 2013 – January 2014.
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, ZAO WOU-KI, December 2015 – June 2016.
Hong Kong, Villepin, Zao Wou-Ki: Friendship and Reconciliation, March – October 2020.
Hangzhou, Art Museum of China Academy of Art, The Way Is Infinite: Centennial Retrospective Exhibition of Zao Wou-Ki, September 2023 – February 2024.



Further details

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki on 3 July 2023.
This work is referenced in the archive of the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki.
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