Zhao Zhao - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale Hong Kong Tuesday, June 21, 2022 | Phillips

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  • “It’s abstract, chaotic with a hidden narrative… In the painting there are shapes, shades, and different structures – It’s about living in a city with smog so thick that you cannot see the sky. Except, I paint a picture of intensely blue sky.”
    — Zhao Zhao on his Sky series

    The present work (second from the left) exhibited at Los Angeles, Roberts & Tilton, Zhao Zhao: Omnipresent, 10 January – 21 February 2015

    Image Courtesy of Roberts Projects

    • Provenance

      Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles
      Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2015

    • Exhibited

      Los Angeles, Roberts & Tilton, Zhao Zhao: Omnipresent, 10 January – 21 February 2015

    • Literature

      Zhao Zhao, Guo Juan and Cui Cancan, eds., Zhao Zhao 2016-2006, Beijing, 2016, p. 116 (installation view illustrated)

Ж253

Sky No. 17

signed and dated 'Zhao Zhao 2013. Zhao Zhao [in Chinese] 2013' on the reverse
oil on linen
198.8 x 259.5 cm. (78 1/4 x 102 1/8 in.)
Painted in 2013-2014.

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Estimate
HK$280,000 - 450,000 
€34,100-54,800
$35,900-57,700

Sold for HK$441,000

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20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale

Hong Kong Auction 21 June 2022