Lot 3
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Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)
  • Sans titre (Untitled) & Sans titre (Untitled) (two works)
  • etching with aquatint
each signed in Chinese and Pinyin, dated 69 and numbered E.A., framed

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe

Exhibited

(i, ii) France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Zao Wou-Ki: Estampes et livres illustrés, June - August, 2008
(i, ii) Italy, Udine, Go Art Gallery, Zao Wou-Ki 1950 – 2010: 60 Years of Graphic Works, March, 2012

Literature

Yves Rivière, ed., Zao Wou-Ki Les estampes 1937-1974, Arts et Métiers
Graphiques, France, 1975, pp. 113 (i); 115 (ii)
Jørgen Ågerup, ed., Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work, A Catalogue Raisonné
1937-1995, Edition Heede & Moestrup, Denmark, 1995, pp. 120 (i); 122 (ii)
Céline Chicha, Marie Minssieux-Chamonard, Hélène Trespeuch, ed., Zao
Wou-Ki: Estampes et livres illustrés, Bibliothèque Nationale de France,
Paris, 2008, plate 41 (i); 42 (ii)
Zao Wou-Ki 1950 - 2010: 60 Years of Graphic Works, Go Art Gallery, Italy,
2012, pp. 22 (i); 23 (ii)

Condition

This work is generally in good condition. The surface is slightly undulated due to mounting and is inherent to the nature of the medium. Please note that it was not examined under ultraviolet light and out of its frame.
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