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)

Lot 20
28.03.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1399808
Lot 20 | ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)
Estimate value
HKD 14 000 000 – 18 000 000
ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)
05.09.2003
signed in Chinese and signed "ZAO" (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed ‘ZAO WOU-KI 96 ½ x 196 cm 5/Sep. 2003’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
97 x 195 cm. (38 1/4 x 76 3/4 in.)
Painted in 2003




Provenance

Marlborough Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003



Literature

Zao Wou-Ki, exh. cat., Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, 2010 (illustrated, p. 72-73 &111).
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. 300-301).



Exhibited

Taipei, Tina Keng Gallery, Zao Wou-Ki’s Solo Exhibition, 12 December 2009–17 January 2010.
Hangzhou, Art Museum of China Academy of Art, The Way Is Infinite: Centennial Retrospective Exhibition of Zao Wou-Ki, 20 September 2023 – 20 February 2024.



Further details

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)
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