Live Auction 13268Asian 20th Century Art (Day Sale)
ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, FRANCE/CHINA, 1920 -2013)
Lot 369

ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, FRANCE/CHINA, 1920 -2013)

UNTITLED

Closed28 May 2017

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HKD 625,000

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ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, FRANCE/CHINA, 1920 -2013)
UNTITLED
signed in Chinese, signed 'ZAO', dated '60' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed in Chinese
gouache on paper
24.5 x 16.5 cm. (9 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Painted in 1960

Gifted by the artist in 1960
Thence by descent to the present owner

Specialist note

Painted in 1960 Paris, this exquisite work on paper by Zao Wou-Ki was a gift to express his personal gratitude and respect to his mother-in-law. The work has been kept in the family’s collection since then for 57 years.