ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013) - photo 1
ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013) - photo 2
ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013) - photo 3
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ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)

Lot 9
28.05.2024 18:00UTC +08:00
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HKD 63 175 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 1225671
Lot 9 | ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)
Estimate value
HKD 46 000 000 – 76 000 000
ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)
10.01.68.
signed in Chinese and signed ‘ZAO’ (lower right); signed, titled and dated ‘ZAO WOU-KI 10.1.68.’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
82 x 116.5 cm. (32 1/4 x 45 7/8 in.)
Painted in 1968




Provenance

Galerie de France, Paris
Private collection
Christie’s New York, 4 May 1988, lot 124
Private collection (acquired at the above sale)
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 October 2011, lot 781
Private collection, Asia (acquired at the above sale)
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 24 November 2018, lot 133
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



Literature

J. Leymarie (ed.), Zao Wou-Ki, Hieret Demain, Barcelona, 1978 (illustrated, p. 295).
J. Leymarie (ed.), Zao Wou-Ki, Rizzoli Publications, New York, 1979 (illustrated, p. 295).
J. Leymarie (ed.), Zao Wou-Ki, Cercle d'Art, Barcelona, 1986 (illustrated, p. 335).
Z. Zhao (ed.), Zao Wou-Ki, Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, 2005 (illustrated, p. 83).
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. 175).
F. Marquet-Zao and Y. Hendgen, Catalogue Raisonne des Peintures Zao Wou-Ki, vol. II 1959-1974, Editions Flammarion, Paris, 2023 (cover, illustrated, plate. 0929, p. 178).



Exhibited

Los Angeles, Frank Perls Gallery, Zao Wou-Ki, 1968.
San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, Paintings by Zao Wou-Ki, 8 May - 16 June 1968.
Hong Kong, Villepin Gallery, Zao Wou-Ki, The Eternal Return to China, 1 December 2021 – 22 May 2022.
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 referenced in the archive of the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki.
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