18.12.69
1969
Zao Wou-Ki's '18.12.69' is an oil on canvas work from 1969, with the title indicating the date of creation. The work represents the artist's abstract aesthetic combining Eastern and Western artistic traditions.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Art Contemporain Evening Auction
June 8, 2022
Estimate: $1,300,000 to $1,800,000
Lot 11
Artists in conversation
Hans Hartung
French-German · b. 1904
Hartung's gestural abstract paintings share the same lyrical expressionism and post-war European sensibility seen in this work, with dynamic brushwork and earthy toned compositions that balance spontaneous mark making with compositional structure.
Pierre Soulages
French · b. 1919
Soulages worked within the same Parisian post-war abstract movement as Zao Wou-Ki, creating gestural oil paintings that explore the expressive potential of paint application with a similarly meditative and lyrical quality rooted in both Eastern and Western traditions.
Franz Kline
American · b. 1910
Kline's abstract expressionist oil paintings share the bold gestural energy and expressive brushwork visible in this piece, with a comparable interest in calligraphic mark making that bridges Eastern artistic philosophies and Western abstract expressionism.
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