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 224
29.03.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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HKD 3 654 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1399908
Lot 224 | ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)
Estimate value
HKD 1 800 000 – 2 800 000
ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)
14.07.68
signed in Chinese, signed 'ZAO' (lower right); signed and titled 'ZAO WOU-KI 14.7.68' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
22.2 x 27 cm. (8 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
Painted in 1968




Provenance

Galerie de France, Paris
Private collection (acquired from the above)
Private collection, Connecticut (by decent from the above)
Christie's Hong Kong, 26 November 2017, lot 517
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



Literature

F. Marquet-Zao & Y. Hendgen, Zao Wou-Ki: Catalogue raisonne des peintures Volume II 1959-1974, Flammarion, Paris, 2023 (illustrated, plate P-0940, p. 184,307).



Further details

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki, dated 10 November 2017.
This work is referenced in the archive of the Fondation Zao Wou- Ki.
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Medium:Canvas, Textile
Place of origin:China, Eastern Asia, Western Europe, France, Asia, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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