ZENG Fanzhi
Chinese 1964
Zeng Fanzhi was born in 1964 in Hubei, China. He studied oil painting at the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, where he was greatly influenced by German Expressionism. Upon graduating in 1991, Zeng Fanzhi garnered critical attention for his final piece, Hospital Triptych No. 1, which was later shown at the critical “China’s New Art, Post-1989” exhibition at the Hong Kong Art Centre in 1993. The following year, Zeng Fanzhi began his celebrated Mask series, which explores isolation and identity in response to China’s transformation in the 1990s. His painting Mask Series 1996 No.6 became the highest grossing work by a Contemporary Asian artist in 2008.
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation, Beijing, China
He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, USA
“Zeng Fanzhi” Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China, 1990
“Behind the Mask” Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, 1995
“Zeng Fanzhi Works 1993-1998” CIFA Gallery, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China, 1998
“I/We, 1991-2003, The Paintings of Zeng Fanzhi” Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2003
“Scapes 1989-2004, The Paintings of Zeng Fanzhi” He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China, 2004
“Hero, Zeng Fanzhi solo exhibition” Art Basel Miami 06, Miami, USA, 2006
“Zeng Fanzhi – Paintings” Wedel Fine Art, London, United Kingdom, 2006
“Zeng Fanzhi” Musee d'art Moderne, Saint-Etienne Metropole, France, 2007
“Zeng Fanzhi 1989-2007” Gallery HYUNDAI, Seoul, South Korea, 2007
“Zeng Fanzhi Idealism” Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Singapore, 2007
“Zeng Fanzhi” Godia Fundation, Barcelona, Spain, 2009
“Art Beijing 2009—Zeng Fanzhi” Agricultural Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China, 2009
“Zeng Fanzhi” Shanghai Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2010
“Zeng Fanzhi” Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong, 2011
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I, We
2005
Oil on canvas
220 x 150 cm
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Estimate
8,500,000 - 10,000,000 32,300,000 - 38,000,000 1,089,700 - 1,282,100
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Sold Price
10,720,000 39,703,704 1,383,226
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Warhol
2006
Oil on canvas
80 x 80 cm
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Estimate
3,400,000 - 4,000,000 12,920,000 - 15,200,000 435,900 - 512,800
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Grass Series
2007
Oil on canvas
180(L) x 260(W) cm
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Estimate
7,013,000 - 9,870,000 27,000,000 - 38,000,000 909,100 - 1,279,500
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Sold Price
9,948,187 38,400,000 1,283,852
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Portrait
2005
Oil on canvas
200(L) x 150(W) cm
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Estimate
6,753,000 - 10,390,000 26,000,000 - 40,000,000 875,400 - 1,346,800
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Sold Price
8,704,663 33,600,000 1,123,370
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Sky
2005
Oil on canvas
200(L) x 150(W) cm
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Estimate
6,500,000 - 9,000,000 25,030,000 - 34,650,000 828,000 - 1,146,500
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Sold Price
6,240,000 24,000,000 804,124
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Quotations from Chairman Mao
2005
Oil on canvas
150(L) x 180(W) cm
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Estimate
7,000,000 - 9,500,000 26,950,000 - 36,580,000 891,700 - 1,210,200
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Sold Price
11,280,000 43,384,615 1,453,608
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Mask Series
2001
Oil on canvas
150(L) x 104(W) cm
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Estimate
7,317,000 - 11,707,000 30,000,000 - 48,000,000 956,900 - 1,531,100
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Sold Price
13,649,485 52,960,000 1,756,551
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Woman
2002
Oil on canvas
220(L) x 145(W) cm
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Estimate
6,098,000 - 9,756,000 25,000,000 - 40,000,000 797,400 - 1,275,900
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Sold Price
10,474,227 40,640,000 1,347,927
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Sky Series - Distant View
2005
Oil on canvas
200(L) x 150(W) cm
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Estimate
7,500,000 - 9,500,000 30,750,000 - 38,950,000 961,500 - 1,217,900
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Sold Price
10,496,000 40,369,231 1,347,368
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Untitled
1989
Oil on canvas
90(L) x 110(W) cm
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Estimate
1,700,000 - 2,500,000 6,970,000 - 10,250,000 217,900 - 320,500
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Sold Price
2,400,000 9,230,769 308,087
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