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)

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513lots offered2001–2026years recorded93%sold (459)$5.7kSign up free to seemedian price

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1. 12. 68 (13. 2. 77)Ravenel · Jun 2019NT$293,760,000≈ $9,288,691≈ £7,359,128≈ €8,329,918Sign up to see
04.01.79Phillips · May 2018HK$69,850,000≈ $8,903,780≈ £6,688,034≈ €7,646,667Sign up to see
22.6.63Phillips · Jul 2020HK$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).

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Average price

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median $5.7kfree account

High

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Lots sold

459

of 495 offered · 2001–2026

Sell-through

93%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

18 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

25 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	118	107	91%	$1.7MSign up	$1.1MSign up	$9.3MSign up
Oil	118	107	91%	$1.7MSign up	$1.1MSign up	$9.3MSign up
Works on paper	39	32	82%	$102kSign up	$78kSign up	$501kSign up
Watercolor	26	22	85%	$118kSign up	$83kSign up	$501kSign up
Gouache	1	1	100%	$52kSign up	$52kSign up	$52kSign up
Drawing	11	8	73%	$55.7kSign up	$56.2kSign up	$95.9kSign up
Prints & multiples	315	299	95%	$5.7kSign up	$3.8kSign up	$45.2kSign up
Etching	90	89	99%	$6.1kSign up	$4kSign up	$36kSign up
Aquatint	35	35	100%	$3.3kSign up	$3.2kSign up	$5.6kSign up
Drypoint	1	1	100%	$1kSign up	$1kSign up	$1kSign up
Lithograph	182	168	92%	$5.8kSign up	$3.9kSign up	$33.4kSign up
Screenprint	2	2	100%	$8.1kSign up	$8.1kSign up	$8.1kSign up
Print (other)	4	4	100%	$14.3kSign up	$4.6kSign up	$45.2kSign up
Multiple	1	0	0%	—Sign up	—Sign up	—
Photography	2	2	100%	$3.4kSign up	$3.4kSign up	$3.7kSign up
Photograph	2	2	100%	$3.4kSign up	$3.4kSign up	$3.7kSign up
Sculpture	6	5	83%	$15.3kSign up	$15.3kSign up	$26kSign up
Other	15	14	93%	$20.8kSign up	$4.3kSign up	$224kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	41	40	$11.5kSign up
2025	47	44	$4kSign up
2024	50	41	$3.2kSign up
2023	20	19	$4.9kSign up
2022	20	19	$5.3kSign up
2021	27	24	$5.3kSign up
2020	19	19	$15.3kSign up
2019	25	23	$20.8kSign up
2018	33	31	$4.1kSign up
2017	18	15	$5.9kSign up
2016	32	30	$3.3kSign up
2015	18	15	$4.3kSign up
2014	17	17	$8.5kSign up
2013	18	18	$11.4kSign up
2012	17	14	$133kSign up
2011	18	17	$388kSign up
2010	11	11	$667kSign up
2009	7	7	$485kSign up
2008	3	2	$1.7MSign up
2007	5	5	$383kSign up
2006	10	10	$99.2kSign up
2005	6	6	$66.8kSign up
2004	8	8	$61.7kSign up
2003	15	14	$1.1kSign up
2002	7	7	$1.6kSign up
2001	3	3	$681Sign up