ID 966425
Lot 76 | ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)
Estimate value
HKD 16 000 000 – 22 000 000
2.6.61
signed in Chinese and signed ‘ZAO’ (lower right); signed and dated ‘ZAO Wou-Ki 2.6.61’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
73 x 116 cm. (28 3/4x 45 11/16 in.)
ZAO WOU-KI
Painted in 1961
Provenance
Kootz Gallery, New York
Private collection
Christie's Hong Kong, 25 April 2004, lot 721
Private collection
Poly Auction Hong Kong, 4 June 2019, lot 4515
Private collection, Asia
Sotheby’s Paris, 26 October 2021, lot 16
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
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).
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