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

Lot 221
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Lot 221 | ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)
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ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)

10.2.81

signed in Chinese, signed ‘ZAO’ (lower right); signed again, titled and dated ‘ZAO WOU-KI 10.2.81’ (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

200 x 161.9 cm.(78 3/4 x 63 3/4 in.)

Painted in 1981





Provenance

Arthur Hadley II, New York, acquired directly from the artist, 1982

His sale; Sotheby’s Paris, 4 June 2020, Lot 4

Private Collection

Christie’s New York, 13 May 2021, Lot 50B

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



This work is referenced in the archive of the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki and will be included in the artist’s forthcoming catalogue raisonné prepared by Francoise Marquet and Yann Hendgen (Information provided by Fondation Zao Wou-Ki).



The successful buyer of this work will receive a certificate of authenticity from the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki.



Literature

Cloître Saint-Louis, Présence contemporaine, exh.cat., Aix en Provence, 1981 (illustrated)

Hong Kong Museum of Art, The Chinese Response: Paintings by Leading Overseas Artists, exh. cat., Hong Kong, Urban Council, 1982 (illustrated, p. 76)



Exhibited

Aix en Provence, Cloître Saint-Louis, Présence contemporaine, July-September 1981

Hong Kong Museum of Art, The Chinese Response: Paintings by Leading Overseas Artists, April-May 1982
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