Lot 662
  • 662

Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)
  • A: La théière (The tea pot); B: Hortensias (Hydrangeas) [Two Works]
  • lithograph
A: signed in Pinyin and Chinese and numbered 162/200
executed in 1952, this work is number 162 from an edition of 200.
B: signed in Pinyin and Chinese, dated 53 and numbered 11/95
executed in 1953, this work is number 11 from an edition of 95.

Provenance

Private European Collection

Exhibited

Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum, The Prints of Zao Wou-Ki, November 22, 1954 - January 4, 1955 (B)
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Zao Wou-Ki: Estampes et livres illustrés, June 3 - August 24, 2008 (A)
Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Celebrating Zao Wou-Ki, May 12 - June 6, 2009 (A)
Luxembourg, Galerie F. Hessler, Hommage À Zao Wou-Ki 1920 - 2013, May 18 - July 20, 2013 (B)

Literature

The Prints of Zao Wou-Ki, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 1954, plate 56, p. 9 (B)
Nesto Jacometti, ed., Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravée et lithographiée de Zao Wou-Ki, 1949 – 1954, Edition Gutenkunst & Klipstein, Bern, 1955, plate 47, p. 59 (A); plate 54, p. 66 (B)
Yves Rivière, ed., Zao Wou-Ki Les estampes 1937 - 1974, Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris, 1975, plate 77, p. 48 (A); plate 84, p. 52 (B)
Jørgen Ågerup, ed., Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work, A Catalogue Raisonné 1937 - 1995, Edition Heede & Moestrup, Copenhagen, 1995, plate 75, p. 54 (A); plate 82, p. 58 (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 14, illustrated in colour (A)
Celebrating Zao Wou-Ki, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong, 2009, p. 31, illustrated in colour (A)
Hommage À Zao Wou-Ki 1920 - 2013, Galerie F. Hessler, Luxembourg, 2013, p. 6 (B)

Condition

A: This work is in very good condition. There are two small spots of faint stain on the left and the bottom blank borders. B: This work is in excellent condition.
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