Zhao Zhao - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale Hong Kong Friday, October 6, 2023 | 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

    • Provenance

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

    • Exhibited

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

    • Literature

      Zhao Zhao, Guo Juan and Cui Cancan, ed., ZHAO ZHAO 2016 - 2006, Beijing, 2015, p. 117 (illustrated)

Ж155

Sky No. 3

signed and dated 'Zhao Zhao [in Chinese] 2013-2014' on the reverse
oil on linen
100 x 99.5 cm. (39 3/8 x 39 1/8 in.)
Painted in 2013-2014.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
HK$100,000 - 200,000 
€12,100-24,200
$12,800-25,600

Sold for HK$177,800

Contact Specialist

Anastasia Salnikoff
Head of Day Sale, Associate Specialist
+852 2318 2014
anastasiasalnikoff@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

Hong Kong Auction 7 October 2023