ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1921-2013)

Lot 23
28.11.2023 19:00UTC +08:00
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ID 1093253
Lot 23 | ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1921-2013)
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HKD 18 000 000 – 22 000 000
ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1921-2013)

Fleurs (Flowers)

signed in Chinese, signed and dated ‘ZAO 55’ (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'ZAO WOU-Ki Fleurs 1955' (on the stretcher)

oil on canvas

55 x 46 cm. (21 5⁄8 x 18 1⁄8 in.)

Painted in 1955





Provenance

Galerie Pierre Loeb, Paris

Private collection, Switzerland

Galerie Herve, New York

Private collection

Sotheby’s London, 21 October 1999, lot 71

Private collection, Asia

Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2021, lot 11

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



Literature

P. Daix (ed.), Zao Wou-ki, Ides et Calendes, Paris, 1994 (illustrated, p.85).

F. Marquet-Zao & Y. Hendgen (ed.), Catalogue raisonne des peintures Zao Wou-Ki Volume 1 1935-1958, Flammarion, Paris, 2019 (illustrated, plate P-0422, p. 198, 312).



Exhibited

Taipei, Tina Keng Gallery, Zao Wou-Ki: A Memorial Exhibition, 18 May – 16 June 2013.



Further details

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Foundation Zao Wou-Ki on 5 September 2016.
This work is referenced in the archive of the Foundation Zao Wou-Ki.
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