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

Lot 19
30.11.2022 18:00UTC +08:00
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HKD 68 000 000
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ID 861580
Lot 19 | ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)
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HKD 68 000 000 – 98 000 000
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

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 October 2011, Lot 781

Private Collection, Asia

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 24 November 2018, Lot 133

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki on 19 September 2011.

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).



Literature

Jean Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Hier et Demain, Barcelona, 1978 (illustrated, p. 295).

Jean Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Rizzoli Publications, New York, 1979 ((illustrated, p. 295).

Jean Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Cercle d'Art, Barcelona, 1986 ((illustrated, p. 335).

Zhao Zhiheng, Zao Wou-Ki, Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, 2005 (illustrated, p. 83).



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.



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Please note that lot 19 is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki on 19 September 2011. There is an additional exhibition record for lot 19. Please visit Christies.com for further information.
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