Lot 5117
  • 5117

Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)
  • Les terrasses de jade (The Jade Terraces)
  • A: signed in Pinyin and Chinese, dated 62 and numbered 13/20
  • etching with aquatint 
executed in 1962, this work is number 13 from an edition of 20
book: executed in 1962, this work is number 11 from an edition of 60
a book set of four etchings plus one extra etching

Provenance

Private Asian Collection 

Exhibited

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Zao Wou-Ki: Estampes et livres illustrés, June 3 - August 24, 2008

Literature

Yves Rivière, ed., Zao Wou-Ki Les estampes 1937 - 1974, Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris, 1975, plate 135-138, p. 80
Jørgen Ågerup, ed., Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work, A Catalogue Raisonné 1937 - 1995, Edition Heede & Moestrup, Copenhagen, 1995, plate 133-136, p. 84, 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 28, illustrated in colour

Condition

The book is in very good condition.
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