Lot 652
  • 652

Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)
  • A: Les petits bateaux; B: Sans titre [Two Works]
  • A: Lithograph
    B: Etching
A: signed in pinyin and Chinese and numbered 13/14
   
executed in 1953, this work is number 13 from an edition of 14.
B: signed in pinyin and Chinese, dated 68 and numbered 3/15
    executed in 1968, this work is number 3 from an edition of 15.

Provenance

Private European Collection

Exhibited

New York, The Cadby-Birch Gallery, Zao Wou-Ki, November 5 - December 6, 1952 (A)
Cincinnati, Cincinnati Arty Museum, The Prints of Zao Wou-Ki, November 22, 1954 - January 4, 1955 (A)
Udine, Italy, Go Art Gallery, Zao Wou-Ki 1950 - 2010 : 60 Years of Graphic Works, March 3 - 30, 2012 (A), (B)

Literature

Zao Wou-Ki, The Cadby-Birch Gallery, New York, 1952, p. 5 (A)
The Prints of Zao Wou-Ki, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 1954, cover (A)
Yves Rivière, ed., Zao Wou-Ki Les estampes 1937-1974, Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris, 1975, plate 86 (A); 199 (B), p. 54 (A); 112 (B)
Jørgen Ågerup, ed., Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work, A Catalogue Raisonné 1937-1995, Edition Heede & Moestrup, Copenhagen, 1995, plate 84 (A); 200 (B), p. 60 (A); 118 (B), illustrated in colour
Zao Wou-Ki 1950 - 2010 : 60 Years of Graphic Works, Go Art Gallery, Udine, Italy, 11 (A); 21 (B), illustrated in colour

Condition

These works are overall in very good condition.
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