ID 1093253
Lot 23 | ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1921-2013)
Estimate value
HKD 18 000 000 – 22 000 000
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.
Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
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Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
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Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Address of auction |
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