ZAO Wou-ki
Chinese-French 1921 - 2013
Born in Beijing in 1921, Zao Wou-ki began his artistic studies under the direction of Lin Fengmian at the Hangzhou School of Fine Arts in 1935 at the age of 15. After graduating in 1941, he was appointed assistant professor at the school where he taught until 1947. The following year, Zao Wou-ki moved to Paris, where he took courses at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and encountered Western artistic movements such as European Lyrical Abstraction. The artist developed his abstract style throughout the 1950s alongside fellow artists Alberto Giacometti and Joan Miró as well as American gallery owner Samuel Kootz. Zao Wou-ki has enjoyed various international exhibitions, representing France at the 40th International Exhibition of the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh in 1956 and the Venice Biennial in 1960, as well as receiving the Praemium Imperiale Award of Painting, Japan in 1994. In 2002 he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris and in 2006 was elevated to the decorated position of Grand Officier de l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur by the President of France.
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Sans Titre; Composition 394 (a set of 2)
1986 ; 1998
Lithographs printed in 6 colors on Rives Paper, edition no. 93/99; 62/99
41 x 56 cm (image)
46 x 61 cm (paper) 45 x 65 cm (image) 50.5 x 70.5 cm (paper) |
Estimate
47,000 - 72,000 180,000 - 280,000 6,000 - 94,000
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Voiles à la Mer
1953
Lithograph printed in 5 colors on Rives Paper, edition no. 77/120
36 x 50 cm (image)
41 x 54 cm (paper) |
Estimate
88,000 - 142,000 340,000 - 550,000 11,400 - 18,400
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28.4.75
1975
Oil on canvas
116 x 89 cm
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Estimate
6,000,000 - 12,000,000 23,077,000 - 46,154,000 771,200 - 1,542,400
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Hieroglyphs
1954
Oil on fiberboard
21 x 26 cm
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Estimate
658,000 - 1,053,000 2,500,000 - 4,000,000 84,700 - 135,600
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Sold Price
896,000 3,360,000 115,623
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La Mer perdue
1952
Oil on canvas
80.5 x 116 cm
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Estimate
Estimate on request |
Sold Price
33,536,000 125,760,000 4,327,598
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Bateaux fond bleu
1951
Oil on canvas
81 x 100 cm
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Estimate
14,474,000 - 19,737,000 55,000,000 - 75,000,000 1,864,400 - 2,542,400
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Sold Price
17,109,333 64,160,000 2,207,846
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À la gloire de l’image et Art poétique; Untitled (a set of 2)
1970 - 1976
Lithographs printed in 6 colors on Rives Paper Edition no. 11/99; E.A.
40 x 76 cm (image); 50 x 76 cm (paper)
45 x 64.5 cm (image); 56 x 76 cm (paper) |
Estimate
42,000 - 68,000 160,000 - 260,000 5,400 - 8,800
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Sold Price
83,200 312,000 10,736
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Montagnes et Soleil; Les Cerfs (a set of 2)
1951 - 1952
Lithographs printed in 4 colors on Arches Paper Edition no. 65/200; E.A.
30 x 45 cm (image); 38 x 56 cm (paper)
33.2 x 49 cm (image); 38 x 56 cm (paper) |
Estimate
211,000 - 211,000 800,000 - 1,000,000 27,100 - 33,900
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Sans Titre
1953
Watercolor on paper
37.5 x 47.5 cm
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Estimate
2,000,000 - 2,800,000 7,600,000 - 10,640,000 256,400 - 359,000
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Notre-Dame de Paris
1953
Oil on canvas
54.5 x 66 cm
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Estimate
4,200,000 - 5,500,000 15,960,000 - 20,900,000 538,500 - 705,100
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Sold Price
5,760,000 21,333,333 743,226
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