8. Zao Wou-Ki

8. Zao Wou-Ki

The artists who power the $1m+ market
The artists who power the $1m+ market

8. Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji) (1920–2013)

POST-WAR, b. Beijing, China

Zao Wou-Ki. Photo: Ulf Andersen/Getty Images

Power Rank: 43

Value and supply

Auction totals

Price confidencePrice momentumAverage lot Price
63.4%-30.9%$4.8m
Percentage of lots sold above low estimateChange in average lot value 2022 to 2023 (H1)Average lot value over the period 2018–23

Sotheby’s private sales

(2018 to H1 2023)
$5.3m4$1.3m
Private sales valueSold lotsAverage price

Bidders by region

Bidders by age

Top 10 artworks sold at auction

(2018 to H1 2023)
RANKTITLEDATEWHEREWHENSOLD FOR
129.09.641964Christie's Hong Kong26 May 2022$35.4m
2Triptyque1988Christie's Hong Kong25 May 2019$22.7m
314.12.591959Christie's Hong Kong26 May 2018$22.5m
413.02.621962Sotheby's Hong Kong18 Apr 2021$21m
522.07.641964Christie's Hong Kong24 Nov 2018$14.8m
620.03.601960Sotheby's Hong Kong8 Jul 2020$14.8m
7Untitled1958Sotheby's Hong Kong31 Mar 2019$14.8m
818.11.661966Christie's Hong Kong10 Jul 2020$14.8m
919.11.591959Sotheby's Hong Kong8 Jul 2020$14.3m
1021.04.591959Sotheby's Hong Kong5 Oct 2019$13.3m


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