Auction sale reference

Zao Wou-Ki

Sold for HK$24,180,000 at Christie's on Nov 26, 2011.

Vertical abstract painting with a dark red and brown textured field, black linear forms, and small red accents.

Lot description

ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, French/Chinese, B. 1920) La mare aux diables signed 'Wou-Ki ZAO' in Chinese & Pinyin; dated '56-57' (lower right); signed 'Zao Wou-ki' in Pinyin; titled and inscribed 'la mare aux diables; la mare aux diables mai-julliet' in French; dated '1956 1957' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 130 x 88.9 cm. (51 1/8 x 35 in.) Painted in 1956-1957

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