Lot 5185
  • 5185

Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)
  • Sans titre
  • signed in Pinyin and Chinese and dated 56
  • lithograph
executed in 1956, this work is from an edition of 150

Provenance

Private American Collection

Exhibited

Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Celebrating Zao Wou-Ki, May 12 - June 6, 2009 

Literature

Yves Rivière, ed., Zao Wou-Ki Les estampes 1937 - 1974, Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris, 1975, plate 103, p. 64
Jørgen Ågerup, ed., Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work, A Catalogue Raisonné 1937 - 1995, Edition Heede & Moestrup, Copenhagen, 1995, plate 100, p. 69, illustrated in colour
Celebrating Zao Wou-Ki, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong, 2009, p. 33, illustrated in colour 

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is evidence of very slight foxing along the lower edge, also the top edge has a slight wrinkle. The top corners, and middle section have each been tenderly repaired, there is faint evidence of paper tear, but only visible upon very close inspection.
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