Zao Wou-Ki (born 1921), La Mer, 2004. Photo Bonhams

signed; signed, titled and dated 2004 on the reverse ; oil on canvas ; 97 by 195 cm. 38 3/16 by 76 3/4 in. Lot 24. Sold for HK$ 8.2 million

Notes: This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity issued by the Archives Zao Wou-Ki, Geneva and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné.

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 2005

Exhibited: Lisbon, Fundaçao Arpad Szenes - Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Zao Wou-Ki, p. 64-65, illustrated in colour

Zao Wou-Ki (born 1921), 14.11.2002 - 02.07.2003, 2002-2003. Photo Bonhams

signed; signed, titled and dated 14-11-2002 - 2 Juillet 2003on the reverse ; oil on canvas ; 81 by 100 cm. 31 7/8 by 39 3/8 in. Lot 16. Sold for HK$ 4.6 million

Notes: This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity issued by the Archives Zao Wou-Ki, Geneva and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné.

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 2005

Exhibited: Lisbon, Fundaçao Arpad Szenes - Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Zao Wou-Ki, p. 62, illustrated in colour

Zao Wou-Ki (French, born 1921), Untitled, 1964. Photo Bonhams

signed, dated 64 and inscribed A Pierre Neurisse - très amicalement ; watercolour and ink wash on paper laid down on canvas ; 75.7 by 56.5 cm. 29 13/16 by 22 1/4 in. Lot 15. Sold for HK$ 1.8 million

Notes: This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity issued by the Archives Zao Wou-Ki, Geneva and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné.

Provenance: Private Collection, Paris
Sale: Massol, Paris, 16 October 2006, Lot 131
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

 Zao Wou-Ki (French, born 1921), Composition, 1975. Photo Bonhams

signed and dated 75 ; watercolour and ink on paper ; 76 by 57 cm. 29 15/16 by 22 7/16 in. Lot 23. Sold for HK$ 1.3 million

Notes: This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity issued by the Archives Zao Wou-Ki, Geneva and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné.

Provenance: Alain Delon, Paris
Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Vente Alain Delon, Paris, 15 October 2007, Lot 35
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited: Lisbon, Fundaçao Arpad Szenes - Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Zao Wou-Ki, p. 38, illustrated in colour

Bonhams. 27 May 2012 7 p.m. Hong Kong. Voyages of Discovery. In Conversation: Fifteen Works by Chu Teh-Chun and Zao Wou-Ki from a Private Portuguese Collection