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Hong Kong Express: Sotheby's record-setting painting sale

"Juin-Octobre 1985" by Chinese French artist Zao Wou-Ki

The largest-ever painting "Juin-Octobre 1985" by Chinese French artist Zao Wou-Ki during the Sotheby's auction press preview in Hong Kong. Source: (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Chinese-French painter Zao Wou-Ki's monumental abstract painting Juin—Octobre 1985 (1985) sold for HK$510.4 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on Sunday.


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Chinese-French painter Zao Wou-Ki's monumental abstract painting Juin—Octobre 1985 (1985) sold for HK$510.4 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on Sunday.



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