ZAO WOU KI 1921-2013 SIGNED LITHO 1950 CHINESE LTD 39/60 RARE
Title - Le Soleil Rouge, (colour green)
Medium - Lithograph on Arches paper
Artist - Zao Wou-ki 1921 -2013
signed and numbered XXIX/LX (39/60)
image 48 x 34 cm; mount 61 x 46 cm
Rare signed litho by the Chinese artist Zao Wou Ki (1921 - 2013) this print regularly fetches 6k + at auction and there are examples on offer at the moment up to Ł14,000. The artist has sold paintings at auction for over 20 millionUS.
This exemple is from the rare green colour variation in 60 copies
There is also a more common edition in 200 copies in red colour (one copy of which is in the MoMa collection).
Born in 1920 in Beijing, Zao Wou-Ki attended the National School of Arts, Hangzhou for six years under the supervision of Lin Fengmian and subsequently became a drawing instructor there.
In 1947, Zao moved to Paris where he would befriend several artists including Alberto Giacometti and Joan Miró.
Zao’s abstra
...ct, gestural style quickly drew acclaim; by the mid-1950s Chinese calligraphy became a recognisable influence in his production. Alongside others associated with the École de Paris, Zao employed highly saturated colour and intense lines in his compositions, achieving the apex of his style in the mid ‘60s.
Zao is nowadays universally recognised as a towering figure in post-war abstraction.
His works are in the collections of the Fogg Museum, Boston, the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Internal Reference: zao
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA994835
Dateline of this antique is 1950
Height is 61cm (24.0inches)Width is 46cm (18.1inches)Depth is 0cm (0.0inches)
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