Lot 661
  • 661

Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)
  • A: Élégie pour Jean-Mari (Elegy on Jean-Mari); B: Sans titre [Two Works]
  • lithograph
A: signed in Pinyin and Chinese
executed in 1978, this work is from an edition of 200.
B: signed in Pinyin and Chinese, dated 75 and numbered 56/95
executed in 1975, this work is number 56 from an edition of 95.

Provenance

Private American Collection

Exhibited

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

Literature

Jørgen Ågerup, ed., Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work, A Catalogue Raisonné 1937 - 1995, Edition Heede & Moestrup, Copenhagen, 1995, plate 294, p. 162 (A); plate 266, p. 150 (B), 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 54, illustrated in colour (A)

Condition

Both works are in excellent condition.
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