Auction sale reference

Zao Wou-Ki

Sold for HK$35,380,000 at Christie's on May 24, 2009.

Horizontal abstract painting with black gestural shapes on a textured beige, gray, and brown ground.

Lot description

ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, b. 1920) Nous Deux (We two) signed and dated 'Wou Ki Zao 1957' in Chinese & Pinyin (lower right); signed, titled, dated and inscribed 'Zao Wou-Ki Nous Deux 1957 200 x 162' in Pinyin & French (on the reverse) oil on canvas 161.3 x 199.4 cm. (63 1/2 x 78 1/2 in.) Painted in 1957

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