Zao Wou-Ki, Pablo Picasso, Keith Haring and More in Hong Kong

Zao Wou-Ki, Pablo Picasso, Keith Haring and More in Hong Kong

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  Zao Wou-Ki, 01.05.69, 1969. Estimate HK$3,500,000-5,500,000

  The top lot of the sale is an oil on canvas by Chinese painter Zao Wou-Ki. Completed in the late 60s right after the artist’s solo show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the present work depicts a luminous composition of broad, uninhibited brushstrokes characteristic of Zao’s iconic repertoire of abstract painting.
  
  

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  Gerhard Richter, Entwurf für Grund, 1978. Estimate HK$2,400,000–4,000,000

  Gerhard Richter’s Entwurf für Grund is one of the earliest examples of the artist’s iconic series of abstract paintings that would dominate his artistic output from the 1980s to the present day. It is one of the earliest works in which a squeegee was utilized. The rich layers of blues on reds and hints of aquamarine exemplify the artist’s mastery of paint application and colour use.
  
  

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  Marc Chagall, Les couple aux fleurs, 1950. Estimate HK$900,000–1,500,000

  Les couple aux fleurs is an exquisite example of Marc Chagall’s distinctive pictorial style where soft-handling of bright colours are used to create dream-like and romantic compositions comprised of lovers in embrace amongst flowers in bloom. The work’s relaxed and airy atmosphere are inspired by the warm iridescent light of Southern France where the artist lived and worked.
  
  

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  Sam Francis, Untitled, 1988. Estimate HK$800,000–1,200,000

  Executed in 1988, the current work was painted during the mature heights of Sam Francis’ fifty-year career. Composed of four canvases, each a chromatic feast in its own right, the quadriptych presents to the viewer the vibrant palette that the artist embraced in his later career. The fluid style of Francis is inspired by his year abroad in Tokyo where the artist learned the traditional Japanese style of painting known as haboku.
  
  

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  Keith Haring, Untitled (3 works), 1983. Estimate HK$300,000–500,000

  The set of three drawings by Keith Haring depicts the iconography that has made him one of the most widely known and recognized artists in contemporary culture. Revolutionizing the scene of both pop art and street art, Haring addresses harrowing issues relating to his sexual identity using child-like drawings of fun and active figures in bold lines and vivid colours.
  
  

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  Os Gêmeos, Cantar ciranda è como se aventurar à viver em alto mar pescando em una jungada (Singing Ciranda is Like Venturing Out to the High Sea to Fish on a Raft), 2007. Estimate HK$480,000–600,000

  Identical twin brothers Otavio Pandolfo and Gustavo Pandolfo are the duo behind the name Os Gêmeos which has become one of the most influential graffiti artists coming from São Paulo, Brazil. The yellow-skinned character found in the present work is inspired by the yellow tinge both twins see in their dreams, and is featured in all of their most important works many of which appear on street murals and galleries throughout the world.
  
  

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  Jonas Wood, Ewing’s Card, 2005. Estimate HK$350,000–500,000

  Jonas Wood draws his inspiration from popular culture and renders his subjects in saturated colours reminiscent of Matisse. The imagery of the present work is drawn from a basketball trading card depicting NBA All-Star Patrick Ewing.
  
  

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  Collaboration between Pablo Picasso and François Hugo, Joueur de Cymbales, 1968. Estimate HK$180,000–280,000

  The sale offers three figurines made of 23 carat repoussé gold in the style of Pablo Picasso. Upon seeing some works of Picasso, the artist’s goldsmith François Hugo made these gold figurines sculpted after the master’s drawings from 1960. The present example depicts a musician playing the cymbal.
  
  

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  Bernard Buffet, Untitled, 1961. Estimate HK$350,000–450,000

  Completed in 1961 at the pinnacle of the artist’s career, the present painting depicts a still-life in his distinctive style of elongated, spike forms and sombre colours.
  
  

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  Maqbool Fida Husain, Untitled, 1987. Estimate HK$480,000–680,000

  Untitled is a classic example of Husain’s works where traditional aesthetics of the East is merged with the progressive mantra of Western Modernism. Throughout his career the artist enjoyed depicting the lively and free spirit of horses, as seen in the present painting.
  
  

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