ID 966409
Lot 70 | ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)
Estimate value
HKD 18 000 000 – 28 000 000
10.2.77
signed in Chinese and signed ‘ZAO’ (lower right); signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'ZAO Wou-Ki 10.2.77. pour Elisabeth et Jaques Vermast amical souvenir de’, signed again in Chinese and signed ‘ZAO’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
88.7 x 115.5 cm. (34 7/8 x 45 1/2 in.)
ZAO WOU-KI
Painted in 1977
Provenance
Private collection (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent to the previous owner
Christie's London, 9 February 2007, lot 146
Private collection
Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei
Private collection, Asia
Literature
Jean Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Documentation by Francoise Marquet , Hier et Demain Editions, Paris and Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, 1978 (illustrated, plate 462, p. 306).
Tina Keng Gallery, Zao Wou-Ki, exh. cat., Taipei, Tina Keng Gallery, 2010 (illustrated, p. 48-49, 110).
Post lot text
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 Françoise Marquet and Yann Hendgen (Information provided by Fondation Zao Wou-Ki).
| Artist: | Zao Wou-Ki (1920 - 2013) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Western Europe, France, Asia, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Zao Wou-Ki (1920 - 2013) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Western Europe, France, Asia, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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