Composition I, from Rambles [Randonnées], by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Zao+Wou-Ki&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zao Wou-Ki</a>, 1974.<ul><li>Zao Wou-Ki (Chinese, 1921-2013).</li><li>Printed by Atelier Bellini, Paris and published by Yves Rivière, Paris in 1974.</li><li>Etching and aquatint in colors on Japan Nacré paper.</li><li>Hand-signed, numbered, and dated.</li><li>Part of an edition of 14, plus a standard edition of 125.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> This etching and aquatint in colors is hand signed in pencil by the artist ""Zao Wou-Ki"" in Chinese and Pinyin at the lower right margin. It is also dated “74” [1974] next to the signature. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 14, at the lower left margin. This impression is from a deluxe suite of 14 on Japan paper aside from the standard edition of 125 on Rives paper. It was printed by Atelier Bellini, Paris and published by Yves Rivière, Paris in 1974. There were also three artist’s proofs and 4 hors commerce [out of trade] impressions on Japan paper. This composition is the first of five created for the book Randonnées [Rambles] written by Roger Caillois. Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Composition I, from Rambles | Randonnées

Composition I, from: Canto Pisan, by Zao Wou-Ki, 1972.<ul><li>Zao Wou-Ki&nbsp;(Chinese, 1921-2013).</li><li>Etching and aquatint in colors on Japan Nacré paper.</li><li>Hand signed and numbered.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> This original etching and aquatint in colors is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Zao Wou-Ki" in Chinese and Pinyin at the lower right margin. It is hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, at the lower left margin. It was printed by Atelier Bellini, Paris and published by Pierre Belfond, Paris in 1972 in a total limited edition of 260 signed and numbered impressions. There were also 30 in Roman numerals on Japan nacre and an edition of 180 on Arches wove paper. The paper is folded along the central spine due to inclusion in the portfolio, the image is printed on the right hand leaf of the sheet. The Cantos are a collection of epic poems spanning 40 years of writing by one of America’s most controversial poets, Ezra Pound. The most studied and well-known section is the Pisan Cantos, which were written by the poet during his wartime incarceration following the American liberation of Italy. The Pisan Cantos are also significant for their inclusion of Chinese characters and other non-English languages in the core of the texts. Forcing the reader to address the ideas of expression and cultural understanding. With only three books permitted during his detention Pound selected a text by Confucius in the original language, a translation to English of the same text and a Chinese dictionary. The Pisan Cantos are notable for their reliance on memory, particularly the literary and artistic circles once enjoyed by the poet in the early twentieth century. Zao Wou-Ki masterfully blended traditional Chinese expressionism with Western European abstraction to produce his important ‘Canto Pisan’. Eight magnificent etchings and aquatints with expressive and tonal coloring. With this series Wou-Ki continued his ongoing union of eastern and western ideas, finding a common visual language. Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Composition I, from: Canto Pisan

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

(Artist's Books) Two French limited edition artist's books, comprising: Mourlot, Fernand; and Jacques Prevert Souvenirs et Portraits d'Artistes. Paris: [Fernand Mourlot: 1972] 4to (323 x 250 mm). Limited edition of 800 copies, this number 4, with 25 mostly color printed lithographs by various artists including Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Jean Cocteau, Marc Chagall, Alberto Giacometti, Bernard Buffet, Graham Sutherland, and others; offsetting and bleed-through from the plates, as to be expected. The contents loose, as issued, in original printed paper wrapper, with publisher's gray linen clamshell case, spine titled in black; wrapper toned, evidently from the interior of the clamshell case, a common occurrence with this title, the clamshell case with three spots of fraying and wear at the corners of the spine. [and] (Revue XXe Siecle) San Lazzaro et ses Amis. Paris, XXe siecle, 1975 4to (355 x 262 mm). Limited edition of 575 copies, this number 390, with 15 color lithographs by various artists, including "lithographies originales" by Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Joan Miro, Henry Moore, Zao Wou-Ki, and others, and with "lithographies en second tirage" by Braque, Fontana, Magritte, Picasso, and others; offsetting and bleed-through, as expected. Loose, as issued, in original printed paper wrapper, publisher's linen clamshell case with spine titled in black, a photographic print of San Lazarro laid down on the interior of the front board; a few tiny spots of soiling to the wrappers, otherwise fine.

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