Lot 95
  • 95

Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)
  • Venice
  • signed in Pinyin and Chinese, dated 51 and numbered 3/50 
  • etching
Executed in 1951, this work is number 3 from an edition of 50, printed by G. Leblanc, Paris

Provenance

Galerie Frederic Hessler, Luxembourg

Exhibited

United States, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum, The prints of Zao Wou-Ki, November 1954 - January 1955, no. 31, another example exhibited
Paris, Bibliothèque National de France, Zao Wou-Ki: Estampes et livres illustrés, June 3 - August 24, 2008, pl. 11, another example exhibited
Italy, Udine, Go Art Gallery, Zao Wou-ki 1950-2010: 60 Years of Graphic Works, March 3 -30, 2012, p.6, another example exhibited

Literature

N. Jacometti, Cat.Raisonné de l'oeuvre gravée et lithographiée de Zao Wou-Ki 1949-1954, Gutekunst & Klipstein, Berne, Switzerland, 1955, pl. 33, p. 45
Y. Rivière, ed., Zao Wou-Ki Les estampes 1937 - 1974, Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris, France, 1975, pl, 63, p. 40
J. Âgerup, Zao Wou-Ki, The Graphic Work: A Catalogue raisonné 1937-1995, Ed. Heede & Moestrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1995, pl. 61, p. 46

Condition

This work is in excellent condition. It has not been examined out of the frame.
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