Lot 172
  • 172

Zao Wou-Ki

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 EUR
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Description

  • Zao Wou-Ki
  • Les attiseurs
  • signé et daté; signé, daté et titré au dos
  • huile sur toile
  • 46 x 55 cm; 18 1/8 x 21 5/8 in.
  • Exécuté en 1955.

Provenance

Collection Prévot, Paris
Collection particulière, Bruxelles

Exhibited

Essen, Museum Folkwang, Zao Wou-Ki, 1965, no. 8, illustré

Literature

Claude Roy, Zao Wou-Ki, collection Musée de Poche, 1957, Paris, p. 23, illustré

Condition

Condition: This work is in excellent condition. The canvas is not lined. Under UV light there is no evidence of any retouching. Colors: The colors are deeper in the original and the golden beige in the catalogue's illustration tends to be more brown in the original.
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Catalogue Note

signed and dated; signed, dated and titled on the reverse; oil on canvas. Executed in 1955.