Lot 5074
  • 5074

Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji)
  • Venise
  • signed in Pinyin and Chinese, numbered 23/50 
  • etching
executed in 1951, this work is number 23 from an edition of 50

Provenance

Private Asian Collection

Exhibited

Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum, The prints of Zao Wou-Ki, November 1954 - January 1955
Paris, Bibliothèque National de France, Zao Wou-Ki: Estampes et livres illustrés, June 3 - August 24, 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 33, p. 45
Yves Rivière, ed., Zao Wou-Ki Les estampes 1937 - 1974, Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris, 1975, plate 63, p. 40
Jørgen Ågerup, ed., Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work, A Catalogue Raisonné 1937 - 1995, Edition Heede & Moestrup, Copenhagen, 1995, plate 61, p. 46, illustrated in colour

Condition

The work is in very good condition.
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