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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 21, 2019 | Christie's | Shanghai | 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) | 307 | $****** - ****** | Voie Lactée - 09.11.1956 | |||
Apr 25, 2004 | Christie's | Hong Kong | 20th Century Chinese Art | 720 | $****** - ****** | Voie Lactée - 09.11.1956 | |||
Apr 12, 1998 | Christie's | Taiwan | 20th Century Chinese Art (Part 1) | 3 | $****** - ****** | Voie Lactée - 09.11.1956 |
paintings
162.2 x 114 cm (63.86 x 44.88 in)
oil on canvas
signed in Chinese, signed ‘ZAO’ and dated ‘1956’ (lower right); signed ‘ZAO Wou-Ki’, titled ‘Voie Lactée’ and dated ‘9.11.1956’ (on the reverse)
Galerie de France, Paris, France
Private Collection, Europe
Christie’s Taipei, 12 April 1998, Lot 3
Private Collection, Asia
Christie’s Hong Kong, 25 April 2004, Lot 720
Private Collection, Asia
Tokyo, Japan, Zao Wou-Ki at Expositions au Japon, October 1981 – June 1982.
Fukuoka, Japan, Zao Wou-Ki, Fukuoka Art Museum, October 6-12 1981.
Tokyo, Japan, Zao Wou-Ki, Grand Art Gallery, Tokyu-Nihonbashi, November 13-18, 1981.
Fukui, Japan, Zao Wou-Ki, Fukui Prefectural Museum of Art, 27 February – 9 March, 1982.
Kyoto, Japan, Zao Wou-Ki, The National Museum of Modern Art, 30 March – 9 May, 1982.
Kamakura, Japan, Zao Wou-Ki, The Museum of Modern Art, 16 May – 20 June 1982.
The Society for International Cultural Exchange, Zao Wou-Ki, Peintures, encres de Chine 1950-1981, exh. cat., Fukuoka, Japan, 1981 (illustrated, plate 6).
signed in Chinese, signed ‘ZAO’ and dated ‘1956’ (lower right); signed ‘ZAO Wou-Ki’, titled ‘Voie Lactée’ and dated ‘9.11.1956’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
162.2 x 114 cm (63 7/8 x 47 in.)
Painted in 1956
