THE MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS BY ZAO WOU KI

Top-50 most expensive artworks by Chinese abstract artist Zao Wou Ki (1921-2013) according to the results of open auctions before April 2015.
According to the Agency Skate's Art Market ReserchZao Wou Ki occupies the 27 line in the Rating of world's most expensive artists. Auction value of his 111 artworks included in Top-10000 world's most expensive artworks of visual art comprises $381.378 million. The average auction price of Zao Wou Ki's paintings is $ 3.436 million.
        
      The artist’s career was rejuvenated following a major retrospective in Paris in 2003. Since then, his blend of Chinese techniques with Western modernist aesthetics has caught the eye of wealthy Asian collectors – especially from Taiwan and mainland China – who have paid significant sums for his paintings. 
       A new wave of collector's interest to artworks of Zao Wou-Ki came literally through one month after his death, April 9, 2013. The old rule of art dealers "A good artist - dead artist" is confirmed: 47 paintings of the aforementioned 111 sold in the period from May 2013 to April 2015.     


Чжао Уцзи "Abstraction", 1958
Zao Wou-Ki
"Abstraction", 1958
$ 14,718 million

 Zao Wou-Ki 3.4.60-1.2.69 1960
Zao Wou-Ki
"3.4.60-1.2.69", 1960
$ 9,115 million

Zao Wou-Ki Debut d′Octobre (Beginning of October) 1955
Zao Wou-Ki
"Debut d′Octobre (Beginning of October)", 1955
$ 7,665 million

Zao Wou-Ki 25.05.1962. 1962
Zao Wou-Ki
"25.05.1962", 1962
$ 5,934 million

ZAO Wou-ki 4.4.85 1985
Zao Wou-Ki
"04.04.85", 1985
$ 5,689 million

ZAO WOU-KI 30.7.64 1964
Zao Wou-Ki
"30.7.64", 1964
$ 4,926 million

ZAO WOU-KI 11.03.65 1965
Zao Wou-Ki
"11.03.65", 1965
$ 4,638 million

ZAO Wou-ki 22.07.64 1964
Zao Wou-Ki
"22.07.64", 1964
$ 4,538 million

ZAO Wou-ki La Mer perdue 1952
Zao Wou-Ki
"La Mer perdue", 1952
$ 4,328 million

ZAO WOU-KI 14.3.60 1960
Zao Wou-Ki
"14.03.60", 1960
$ 3,916 million

ZAO Wou-ki Et la terre était sans forme 1956
Zao Wou-Ki
"Et la terre était sans forme", 1956
$ 3,787 million

ZAO Wou-ki 19.07.63  1963
 Zao Wou-Ki
"19.07.63", 1963
$ 3,532 million

ZAO WOU-KI 15.6.59-26.12.70 1959
Zao Wou-Ki
"15.6.59-26.12.70", 1959
$ 3,338 million

ZAO WOU-KI 25.09.60 1960
Zao Wou-Ki
"25.09.60", 1960
$ 3,335 million

ZAO Wou-ki Composition no.8 1958
Zao Wou-Ki
"Composition no.8", 1958
$ 3,182 million

ZAO Wou-ki La mare aux Diables 1956
Zao Wou-Ki
"La mare aux Diables", 1956
$ 3,101 million

ZAO Wou-ki Pins Landais 1956
Zao Wou-Ki
"Pins Landais", 1956
$ 2,967 million
 Zao Wou-Ki 15.01.82 (triptych) 1982
Zao Wou-Ki
"15.01.82 (triptych)", 1982
$ 10,992 million

Zao Wou-Ki 10.01.68. 1968
Zao Wou-Ki
"10.01.68", 1968
$ 8,856 million

 Zao Wou-Ki Abstract landscape 27.08.91 1991
Zao Wou-Ki
"Abstract landscape 27.08.91", 1991
$ 7,359 million

Zao Wou-Ki Hommage а Tout-Fou 1956
Zao Wou-Ki
"Hommage à Ту-Fou", 1956
$ 5,861 million

ZAO Wou-ki 2.11.59 1959
Zao Wou-Ki
"2.11.59", 1959
$ 5,288 million

ZAO Wou-ki 17.4.64 1964
Zao Wou-Ki
"17.04.64", 1964
$ 4,925 million

ZAO Wou-ki Nous Deux (We Two) 1983
Zao Wou-Ki
"Nous Deux (We Two)", 1983
$ 4,586 million

ZAO WOU-KI 14.12.62 1962
Zao Wou-Ki
"14.12.62", 1962
$ 4,490 million

ZAO WOU-KI Water Music 1956
Zao Wou-Ki
"Water Music", 1956
$ 4,260 million

ZAO Wou-ki 19.11.59 1959
Zao Wou-Ki
"19.11.59", 1959
$ 3,915 million

ZAO WOU-KI 22.8.91 1991
Zao Wou-Ki
"22.8.91", 1991
$ 3,771 million

ZAO Wou-ki Mars 1952
Zao Wou-Ki
"Mars", 1952
$ 3,529 million

ZAO WOU-KI 5.11.64 1964
Zao Wou-Ki
"5.11.64", 1964
$ 3,337 million

ZAO WOU-KI 23.05.61 1961
Zao Wou-Ki
"23.05.61", 1961
$ 3,264 million

ZAO Wou-ki 18.10.98  1998
Zao Wou-Ki
"18.10.98", 1998
$ 3,114 million

ZAO Wou-ki Untitled 1958
Zao Wou-Ki
"Untitled", 1958
$ 3,074 million

ZAO Wou-ki Ciel, terre et poussiere 1957
Zao Wou-Ki
"Ciel, terre et poussiere", 1957
$ 2,954 million


 Zao Wou-Ki 16.5.66. 1966
Zao Wou-Ki
"16.5.66", 1966
$ 10,270 million

Zao Wou-Ki Plantes tortillées 1954
Zao Wou-Ki
"Plantes tortillées", 1954
$ 8,115 million

Zao Wou-Ki Vent du Nord (North Wind) 1956
Zao Wou-Ki
"Vent du Nord (North Wind)", 1956
$ 6,372 million

ZAO WOU-KI Sous Bois Dans La Nuit 1955
Zao Wou-Ki
"Sous Bois Dans La Nuit", 1955
$ 5,760 million

ZAO WOU-KI 14.11.63 1963
Zao Wou-Ki
"14.11.63", 1963
$ 4,999 million

ZAO Wou-ki 10.03.83 (diptych), 1983
Zao Wou-Ki
"10.03.83" (diptych), 1983
$ 4,776 million

ZAO Wou-ki Cerf Volant et oiseaux 1955
Zao Wou-Ki
"Cerf Volant et oiseaux", 1955
$ 4,538 million

ZAO Wou-ki 15.05.60 1960
Zao Wou-Ki
"15.05.60", 1960
$ 4,420 million

ZAO WOU-KI 10.11.58-30.12.70 1958
Zao Wou-Ki
"10.11.58-30.12.70", 1958
$ 4,205 million

ZAO Wou-ki Vaque 1955
Zao Wou-Ki
"Vaque", 1955
$ 3,824 million

ZAO WOU-KI 24.01.63 1963
Zao Wou-Ki
"24.01.63", 1963
$ 3,607 million

ZAO WOU-KI  01.12.64 1964
Zao Wou-Ki
"01.12.64", 1964
$ 3,476 million

ZAO WOU-KI 09.06.67 1967
Zao Wou-Ki
"09.06.67", 1967
$ 3,336 million

ZAO Wou-ki 25.06.86 1986
Zao Wou-Ki
"25.06.86", 1986
$ 3,258 million

ZAO Wou-ki 25.05.70 1970
Zao Wou-Ki
"25.05.70", 1970
$ 3,114 million

ZAO Wou-ki 23.03.68 1968
Zao Wou-Ki
"23.03.68", 1968
$ 3,051 million

ZAO WOU-KI 10.03.82 1982
Zao Wou-Ki
"10.03.82", 1982
$ 2,903 million