ID 871728
Lot 221 | ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)
Estimate value
HKD 10 000 000 – 20 000 000
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
| Artist: | Zao Wou-Ki (1920 - 2013) |
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| Artist: | Zao Wou-Ki (1920 - 2013) |
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