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WU GUANZHONG (CHINA, 1919-2010)
Spring Shoots Among Bamboos
WU GUANZHONG (CHINA, 1919-2010)
Spring Shoots Among Bamboos
signed and dated in Chinese (lower left)
oil on canvas
73.5 x 55 cm. (28 7/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
Painted in 1975
Provenance
The Yageo Foundation Collection
Important 20th Century Chinese Paintings from the Yageo Foundation, Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 October 2004, Lot 776
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Price realised : HKD 20,525,000
WU GUANZHONG (CHINA, 1919-2010)
Montmartre of Paris (V)
signed and dated in Chinese and inscribed ‘MONTMARTRE’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
61 x 50.5 cm. (24 x 19 7/8 in.)
Painted in 1989
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie’s Hong Kong, 19 March 1990, Lot 329
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 1 May 2005, Lot 64
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Price realised : HKD 16,325,000
WU GUANZHONG (CHINA, 1919-2010)
A Lacebark Pine of the Jing Mountains
signed in Chinese; dated '76' (lower left); titled,
signed and dated in Chinese (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
50.4 x 39 cm. (19 13/16 x15 3/8 in.)
Painted in 1976
Provenance
The Lu Fang Ge Collection of Chinese Paintings
Anon. sale, Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 May 2010, Lot 782
Anon. sale, Christie’s Hong Kong, 22 November 2014, Lot 63
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Collection of Ruey Hsiu Lou
Price realised : HKD 6,365,000
GERHARD RICHTER (GERMANY, B. 1932)
Abstraktes Bild
signed, inscribed and dated '608-5 Richter 1986' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
82.2 x 66.7 cm. (32 3/8 x 26 1/4 in.)
Painted in 1986
Provenance
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne.
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York.
Private Collection.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2016.
Price realised : HKD 19,325,000
ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, FRANCE/CHINA, 1920-2013)
11.03.60
signed in Chinese, signed ‘ZAO’ (lower right); signed and dated ‘ZAO WOU-KI 11.3.60’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
73 x 100 cm. (28 3/4 x 39 3/8 in.)
Painted in 1960
Provenance
Private Collection, Taiwan
Anon. Sale, Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 31 October 2004, Lot 330
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
This work is referenced in the archive of the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki and will be included in the artist's forthcoming catalogue raisonne prepared by Francoise Marquet and Yann Hendgen (Information provided by Fondation Zao Wou-Ki).
Price realised : HKD 15,725,000
ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, FRANCE/CHINA, 1920-2013)
17.01.66
signed in Chinese and signed ‘ZAO’ (lower right); signed, titled, dated and inscribed ‘Zao Wou-Ki 17.1.66. ne vernis pas’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
146 x 114 cm. (57 1/2 x 44 7/8 in.)
Painted in 1966
Provenance
Collection of the Artist
Private Collection, Europe
de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong
Acquired from the above by the present owner
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki, dated 25 June 2012. This work is referenced in the archive of the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki and will be included in the artist’s forthcoming catalogue raisonne prepared by Francoise Marquet and Yann Hendgen (information provided by Fondation Zao Wou-Ki).
Price realised : HKD 98,550,000
ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, FRANCE/CHINA, 1920-2013)
Triptyque 1987-1988
signed in Chinese, signed ‘ZAO’ (lower right); signed, measured, titled, dated and numbered ‘Zao Wou-Ki 200 x 486 Triptyque 1987-1988 I’ (on reverse of the left panel); signed, measured, titled, dated and numbered ‘Zao Wou-Ki 200 x 486 cm Triptyque 1987-1988 II’ (on reverse of the middle panel); & signed, measured, titled, dated and numbered ‘Zao Wou-Ki 200 x 486 cm Triptyque 1987-1988 III’ (on reverse of the right panel)
oil on canvas (triptych)
each: 200 x 162 cm. (78 3/4 x 63 3/4 in.)(3)
Overall: 200 x 486 cm. (78 3/4 x 191 3/8 in.)
Painted in 1987-1988
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
This work is referenced in the archive of the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki and will be included in the artist’s forthcoming catalogue raisonne prepared by Francoise Marquet and Yann Hendgen (information provided by Fondation Zao Wou-Ki)
Price realised : HKD 178,000,000
LIN FENGMIAN (CHINA, 1900-1991)
Opera Series: Guan Yu releases Cao Cao at Huarong Trail
signed in Chinese (lower right)
oil on canvas
56.8 x 41.7 cm. (22 3/8 x 16 3/8 in.)
Painted in the 1960s
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by Mr Douglas Spankie (1929 – 1974), Consul-General of the United Kingdom in Shanghai (1962 -
1964)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Price realised : HKD 6,725,000
LIN FENGMIAN (CHINA, 1900-1991)
Opera Series: Beauty defies Tyranny
signed in Chinese (middle left)
oil on canvas
56.8 x 41.7 cm. (22 3/8 x 16 3/8 in.)
Painted in the 1960s
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by Mr Douglas Spankie (1929 – 1974), Consul-General of the United Kingdom in Shanghai (1962-
1964)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Price realised : HKD 10,685,000
ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, FRANCE/CHINA, 1920-2013)
21.04.64
signed in Chinese, signed ‘ZAO’ (lower right); signed, titled and dated ‘ZAO WOU-Ki 21.4.64.’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
80.5 x 130 cm. (31 3/4 x 51 1/8 in.)
Painted in 1964
Provenance
Galerie de France, Paris, France
Collection of Mr Charles A. Wyman, New York, USA (acquired from the above in 1966)
Thence by descent from the above to the present owner
This work is referenced in the archive of the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki and will be included in the artist’s forthcoming catalogue raisonne prepared by Francoise Marquet and Yann Hendgen (information provided by Fondation Zao Wou-Ki)
Price realised : HKD 27,725,000
CHU TEH-CHUN (ZHU DEQUN, FRANCE/CHINA, 1920-2014)
No. 229
signed in Chinese, signed and dated ‘CHU TEH CHUN 66’ (middle left); signed in Chinese, signed, dated and titled ‘CHU TEH CHUN 1966 No 229’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
130 x 195 cm. (51 1/8 x 74 3/4 in.)
Painted in 1966
Provenance
Private Collection, Paris, France
Private Collection, Asia
Anon. Sale, Christie’s Hong Kong, 24 May 2014, Lot 6
Acquired from the above by the present owner
The authenticity of this artwork has been confirmed by the Fondation Chu Teh-Chun, Geneva.
Price realised : HKD 38,395,000
RHEE SEUNDJA (KOREA, 1918-2009)
Untitled
signed and dated 'SEUNDJA RHEE 58' (lower right); signed 'RHEE' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
81 x 100 cm. (31 7/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
Painted in 1958
Provenance
Private Collection, France (acquired directly from the artist by the present owner)
Price realised : HKD 750,000
