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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 8, 2023 | China Guardian HK | Hong Kong | Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art | 41 | $****** - ****** | Deux Cimes |
paintings
54 x 65 cm (21.26 x 25.59 in)
Oil on canvas
Signed in Chinese and English on bottom right; titled and dated in Chinese, signed in English on the reverse
and was previously owned by renowned American fashion designer Larry Aldrich and Manus Presse founders Roland Hänssel and Waltraut Hänssel. Aldrich started to collect art when his fashion design business was booming in the 1940s and by the late 1950s his collection included works by impressionist and expressionist masters: such as Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Paul Klee, Paul Gauguin etc. as well as several paintings by Zao Wou-Ki. Deux Cimes, been part of the collection, underscores the fact that at that time Zao"s paintings were favored by international art collectors. In 1961, Hänssel established Manus Presse dedicated to the publication of art related books and worked with many contemporary artists such as surrealists Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, and landscape artist Christo. In 1978, Deux Cimes was bought and remained as a treasured part of their collection for almost 40 years, making the work a genuine rarity in auction.
2019, Zao Wou-Ki catalogue raisonné Vol.1 1935 - 1958, Groupe Flammarion / Foundation Zao Wou-Ki, Paris, p.165
Zao Wou-Ki
Deux Cimes
Oil on canvas
54 × 65 cm. 21 1/4 × 25 5/8 in.
Signed in Chinese and English on bottom right; titled and dated in Chinese, signed in English on the reverse
