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Wou-Ki Zao

France, 1920–2013

WA-00044072

France

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About

Why this artist matters now

Zao Wou-Ki was a Chinese-French painter. He was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Zao Wou-Ki graduated from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, where he studied under French-trained Fang Ganmin and Wu Dayu.

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Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

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Artworks (11)

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01.04.97

1997 · Oil on canvas

44 7/8 × 57 1/2 in. (114 × 146 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled

1992 · Black ink on Asian paper mounted to a secondary support of western paper

42 in. × 40 7/8 in. (106.7 × 103.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled

1967 · color lithograph

Sheet: 30.8 x 45.7 cm (12 1/8 x 18 in.); Image: 22.9 x 30.8 cm (9 x 12 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Fire in the Sky (Le Feu dans le ciel)

1965 · Lithograph

Image: 23 5/16 × 14 15/16 in. (59.2 × 38 cm) Sheet: 30 1/16 × 22 3/16 in. (76.4 × 56.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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LXII

1963 · color lithograph

Paper: 65.1 x 50.5 cm (25 5/8 x 19 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Composition

1959 · Color etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Plate: 34.7 × 59.2 cm (13 11/16 × 23 5/16 in.); Sheet: 50 × 65.6 cm (19 11/16 × 25 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plaine Rose

1956 · Color lithograph on cream wove paper

Image: 43.5 × 65 cm (17 3/16 × 25 5/8 in.); Sheet: 52.1 × 72.5 cm (20 9/16 × 28 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Night Is Stirring (Anger) (La Nuit remue [colère])

1956 · Oil on linen

195 × 130.5 cm (76 3/4 × 51 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Flowers in a Vase

1952 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pink Composition (Composition en rose)

1951 · Oil on canvas

Without frame: 87 × 114.3 cm (34 5/16 × 45 in.); 87.7 × 114.3 cm (34 1/2 × 45 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Landscape

1945 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

11 published of 11 catalogued · 4 with image

Art Institute Chicago
4 published4 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published
The Met
3 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Flowers in a Vase
1952 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Untitled
1967 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Landscape
1945 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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LXII
1963 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago Christie's

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In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

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Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

20 lots · 2018–2022

Market

Auction History

Range: $2,857,500 – $178,000,000

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Le soir à l ’Hô tel du Palais (Palace Hotel by night)	Christie's	Mar 2022	CN¥11,000,000 – CN¥18,000,000	CN¥24,360,000
Sans titre (Bateaux au claire de la lune) (Untitled (Ships in the Moonlight)	Christie's	Dec 2021	HK$35,000,000 – HK$55,000,000	HK$54,250,000
24.01.63	Christie's	May 2021	HK$50,000,000 – HK$80,000,000	Unsold
Port - 29.04.52	Christie's	May 2021	HK$17,000,000 – HK$27,000,000	Unsold
15.01.82 - Triptyque	Christie's	Dec 2020	HK$70,000,000 – HK$120,000,000	HK$94,600,000
27.01.86	Christie's	Dec 2020	HK$35,000,000 – HK$55,000,000	HK$35,050,000
09.03.65	Christie's	Dec 2020	HK$60,000,000 – HK$80,000,000	HK$75,707,500
23.03.68	Christie's	Jul 2020	HK$24,000,000 – HK$36,000,000	HK$47,475,000
Petite Ville Hollandaise (Dutch Town)	Christie's	Jul 2020	HK$20,000,000 – HK$30,000,000	HK$32,525,000
18.11.66	Christie's	Jul 2020	HK$68,000,000 – HK$88,000,000	HK$114,440,000

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