Lot 703
  • 703

Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)

Estimate
80,000 - 100,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)
  • Soleil Rouge
  • lithograph
signed in pinyin and chinese and numbered 134/200
executed in 1950, this work is number 134 from an edition of 200.

Provenance

Private European Collection

Exhibited

Paris, National Library of France, Zao Wou-Ki: Estampes et Livres illustrés, June 3 -  August 24, 2008

Literature

Yves Rivière, ed., Zao Wou-ki: Prints 1937-1974, Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris, 1975, p. 31
Zao Wou Ki & Françoise Marquet, ed., Zao Wou-ki Autoportrait, Artist Publishing, Taipei, 1992, p. 196
Jørgen Ågerup, ed., Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work, A Catalogue Raisonné, 1934 - 1955, Edition Heeds & Moestrup, Copenhagen, 1995, p. 37, plate 41, illustrated in colour
Céline Chicha, Marie Minssieux-Chamonard, Hélène Trespeuch, ed., Zao Wou-Ki: Estampes et Livres illustrés, National Library of France, Paris, 2008, plate 6, p. 53, illustrated in colour 



Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of slight discoloration along the left edge of the paper, above the two deers at the corner.
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