Lot 636
  • 636

Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)
  • Sans titre [Three Works]
  • lithograph
A: signed in pinyin and Chinese, dated 67 and numbered 91/95
executed in 1967, this work is number 91 from an edition of 95.
B: signed in pinyin and Chinese, dated 62 and numbered 60/125
executed in 1962, this work is number 60 from an edition of 125.
C: signed in pinyin and Chinese, dated 98 and numbered 65/99
executed in 1998, this work is number 65 from an edition of 99.

Provenance

Private American Collection

Literature

Yves Rivière, ed., Zao Wou-Ki Les estampes 1937 - 1974, Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris, 1975, plate 170, p. 95 (A); plate 134, p. 79 (B)
Jørgen Ågerup, ed., Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work, A Catalogue Raisonné 1937 - 1995, Edition Heede & Moestrup, Copenhagen, 1995, plate 169, p. 109 (A); plate 132, p. 83 (B), illustrated in colour
Jørgen Ågerup, ed., Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work 1995 - 2000, Edition Heede & Moestrup, Copenhagen, 2001, plate 395, p. 10, illustrated in colour (C)

Condition

The three works are in excellent condition. A: There is evidence of artist's pinholes on the top, left, and bottom blank borders. C: There is evidence of artist's pinholes on the top and bottom blank borders. There is a minor accretion 30 cm from the right edge and 5 cm from the bottom edge of the work. There is a minor abrasion, 7 cm from the right edge and 25 cm from the bottom.
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