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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 29, 2018 | Poly Auction | Hong Kong | Modern and Contemporary Art | 164 | $****** - ****** | Et la terre était sans forme | |||
Nov 25, 2007 | Christie's | Hong Kong | Chinese 20th Century Art | 211 | $****** - ****** | Et la terre était sans forme |
paintings
200.4 x 162.3 cm (78.9 x 63.9 in)
oil on canvas
Galerie de France, Paris, France
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above gallery in the late 1950s)
Christie's Hong Kong, 25 November 2007, Lot 211
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
France, Paris, Galerie de France, 1957.
Jean Laude, Zao Wou-Ki, La Connaissance, Brussels, Belgium, 1974 (illustrated in black & white, p. 33).
Jean Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Editions Hier et Demain, Paris, France; Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, Spain, 1978 (illustrated, plate 57, p. 103).
Jean Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Éditions Cercle d'Art, Paris, France; Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, Spain, 1986 (illustrated, plate 57, p. 103).
Daniel Abadie et Martine Contensou, Zao Wou-Ki, Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, Spain, 1989 (illustrated, plate 13).
Daniel Abadie et Martine Contensou, Zao Wou-Ki, Cultural Edition Co. Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan, 1993 (illustrated, plate 13).
Zao Wou-Ki-Oeuvres 1935-2008, Flammarion, Paris, France, 2009 (illustrated, p. 124).
Zao Wou-Ki-Works 1935-2008, Kwai Fung Art Publishing House, Hong Kong, China, 2010 (illustrated, p. 124).
“Zao Wou-Ki and The Nature of Art”, Above Magzine, Fall, Centoria Inc., New York, USA, 2010 (illustrated, p. 177).
