Lot 24
  • 24

Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)

Estimate
7,000,000 - 9,000,000 RMB
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Description

  • Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)
  • 05.09.95
  • oil on canvas
signed in Chinese and Pinyin; signed in Pinyin and dated 5.Sept.95 on the reverse, framed

Provenance

Galerie Bastien Art, Brussels, Belgium
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Foundation Zao Wou-Ki and will be included in the artist's forthcoming catalogue raisonné by Françoise Marquet and Yann Hendgen (Information provided by Foundation Zao Wou-Ki).

Exhibited

Belgium, Brussels, Galerie J. Bastien Art, Zao Wou-Ki, 1996
Belgium, Brussels, Art Brussels - 21st Contemporary Art Fair, Galerie J. Bastien Art, 2003
Paris, Le 31èm Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Galerie J. Bastien Art, 2004
Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Art Fair, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, 2011

Literature

Yves Bonnefoy & Gérard de Cortanze, Zao Wou-Ki, Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1998, p.279, illustrated in colour
Dominique de Villepin, Zao Wou-Ki: Oeuvres 1935-2008, Flammarion, Paris, 2009, p.268,  illustrated in colour
Dominique de Villepin, Zao Wou-Ki - Works 1935-2008, Kwai Fung Publishing, Hong Kong, 2010, p. 268, illustrated in colour

Condition

This work is generally in good condition. There are scattered hairline creases on the upper left corner, upper right quadrant and the middle of the right edge, only visible under close examination. There is no evidence of restoration under ultraviolet light.
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