Lot 666
  • 666

Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)
  • Genèse (Genesis)
  • etching with aquatint
preface: signed in Pinyin and Chinese
A: signed in Pinyin and Chinese and dated 81
executed in 1981, this work is number 98 from an edition of 100.
a book set of three etchings

Provenance

Private European Collection

Exhibited

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

Literature

Jørgen Ågerup, ed., Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work, A Catalogue Raisonné 1937 - 1995, Edition Heede & Moestrup, Copenhagen, 1995, plate 320-322, p. 179, 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 62, illustrated in colour (C)

Condition

This work is in excellent condition.
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