Lot 1101
  • 1101

Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)
  • Ville Engloutie (Sunken City)
  • signed in Pinyin and Chinese, dated 56 and numbered 8/60
  • lithograph
Executed in 1956, this work is number 8 from an edition of 60, printed by E. and J. Desjobert, Paris. 

Provenance

Private European Collection

Exhibited

France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Zao Wou-Ki: Estampes et livres illustrés, June 3 - August 24, 2008, pl. 20, another example exhibited

Literature

Zao Wou-ki: Les Estampes 1937-1974, Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris, 1975, pl.100, p.62
Jørgen Ågerup, Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work, A Catalogue Raisonné 1937 - 1995, Heede & Moestrup, Copenhagen, 1995, pl. 97, p.68

Condition

This work is in good condition. There is a light brown mark at the lower left on the paper border.
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