Zao Wou-ki
French · 1920–2013 · Painter, Printmaker
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… (Wikipedia)
10 works by Zao Wou-ki with an auction history (offered more than once) →
2 works by Zao Wou-ki coming up at auction · bid with the house ↓
Record prices
1. 12. 68 (13. 2. 77)Ravenel · NT$293,760,000≈ $9,288,691≈ £7,359,128≈ €8,329,918Sign up to see
04.01.79Phillips · HK$69,850,000≈ $8,903,780≈ £6,688,034≈ €7,646,667Sign up to see
22.6.63Phillips · HK$54,310,000≈ $7,007,619≈ £5,583,316≈ €6,209,126Sign up to see
Zao Wou-ki’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
2 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
541 results · page 14 of 14
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. HK$120,000–220,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $2,000–4,000
- 29.12.49, 1949Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. CHF 100,000–
- Composition, 1961Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. HK$700,000–900,000
- Untitled, 1959Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $2,500–3,500
- Untitled, 1951Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. HK$600,000–800,000
- Sans titre, 1977Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. NT$5,500,000–7,000,000
- Untitled, 1967Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £2,000–3,000
- Sans titre, 1986Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. NT$1,700,000–2,600,000
- Untitled, 1991Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $1,500–2,500
Also offered, result not published (18)
Lots by Zao Wou-ki that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
Zao Wou-ki paintings (118)Zao Wou-ki oil paintings (118)Zao Wou-ki works on paper (41)Zao Wou-ki watercolors (27)Zao Wou-ki drawings (12)Zao Wou-ki prints (359)Zao Wou-ki etchings (90)Zao Wou-ki aquatints (54)Zao Wou-ki lithographs (207)Zao Wou-ki sculpture (6)
Zao Wou-ki signature
269 catalogued lots by Zao Wou-ki record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (91% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.
Placement
Form
Signed and dated ' Wou-Ki[in Chinese] ZAO 51' lower right
— Sans titre, Phillips, Sep 30, 2026Signed 'Wou-Ki [in Chinese] ZAO' lower right; further signed, dedicated and dated '12. 1951 Pour Harry et Nina Très cordialement Wou-Ki [in Chinese] ZAO 6. 1952
— Sans titre (La Théière), Phillips, Sep 30, 2026Numbered 'HC. 14/15' lower left; further signed and dated 'Wou-Ki [in Chinese] ZAO 94' lower right
— Sans titre, Phillips, May 29, 2026
About Zao Wou-ki
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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