Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)

signed in pinyin and Chinese and numbered 39/200; Galerie F. Hessler labels affixed to the reverse
Executed in 1952, this work is number 39 from an edition of 200.

Private European Collection

Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum, The Prints of Zao Wou-Ki, November 22, 1954 – January 4, 1955
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Zao Wou-Ki: Estampes et livres illustrés, June 3 – August 24, 2008

The Prints of Zao Wou-Ki, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 1954, no. 45, p. 11
Yves Rivière, ed., Zao Wou-Ki Les estampes 1937-1974, Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris, 1975, plate 77, p. 48
Jørgen Ågerup, ed., Edition Heede & Moestrup, Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work, A Catalogue Raisonné 1937-1995, Copenhagen, 1995, plate 75, p. 54, illustrated in colour
Céline Chicha, Marie Minssieux-Chamonard, Hélène Trespeuch, ed., Zao Wou-Ki: Estampes et livres illustrés, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, 2008, plate 14, p. 61, illustrated in colour

This work is in excellent condition overall. There are no apparent condition problems with this work. This work was not examined out of frame.
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