Painting Sells for $65 Million

Image result for zao wou-kiSunday saw one of the largest art auctions ever with a $65 million sale of “Juin-Octobre 1985” by Chinese-French painter Zao Wou-Ki. The entire evening was a record-breaking one with over $200 million worth of sales at the event.

Zao has been known for using classical Chinese painting techniques and meshing them with Western modernism. According to the Sotheby Asia chair, Patti Wong, this sale shows that he is the “king of Asian oil painters.”

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