Lot 5116
  • 5116

Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)

Estimate
35,000 - 50,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)
  • La Théière
  • signed in Pinyin and Chinese and numbered 151/200
  • etching 
  • executed in 1952, this work is number 151 from an edition of 200

Provenance

Private Asian Collection

Exhibited

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Zao Wou-Ki Estampes et livres illustrés, 3 June– 24 August, 2008

Literature

Nesto Jacometti, ed., Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre gravée et lithographiée de ZAO WOU-KI 1949-1954, Gutekunst & Klipstein, Berne, Switzerland, 1955, plate 47, p. 59
Yves Rivière, ed., Zao Wou-Ki Les estampes 1937-1974, Arts et Mètiers Graphiques, Paris, 1975, plate 77, p. 48
Jørgen Ågerup, ed., Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work, A Catalogue Raisonné 1937 - 1995, Edition Heede & Moestrup, Copenhagen, 1995, plate 75, p.55, illustrated in colour
Céline Chica, Marie Minsseux-Chamonard, Hélène Trespeuch, ed., Zao Wou-Ki Estampes et livres illustrés, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, 2008, plate 14, illustrated in colour
Zao Wou-Ki 1920-2013 Retrospecttiva, Città di Locarno Servizi Culturali, Switzerland, 2014, p. 148, illustrated in colour

Condition

This work is overall in very good condition.
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