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17.3.63
Details
ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)
17.3.63
signed in Chinese and signed ‘ZAO’ (lower right); signed and titled 'ZAO WOU-KI 17.3.63.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
130 x 97.2 cm. (51 1⁄8 x 38 1⁄4 in.)
Painted in 1963
17.3.63
signed in Chinese and signed ‘ZAO’ (lower right); signed and titled 'ZAO WOU-KI 17.3.63.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
130 x 97.2 cm. (51 1⁄8 x 38 1⁄4 in.)
Painted in 1963
Provenance
Galerie de France, Paris
Private collection, Le Vésinet (acquired from the above)
Private collection, Luxembourg
De Sarthe Fine Art, Hong Kong (acquired from the above)
Private collection, Asia (acquired from the above in 2015)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private collection, Le Vésinet (acquired from the above)
Private collection, Luxembourg
De Sarthe Fine Art, Hong Kong (acquired from the above)
Private collection, Asia (acquired from the above in 2015)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Zao Wou-Ki, exh. cat., Galerie de France & The Redfern Gallery, Paris & London, 1963 (illustrated in black and white, plate 9, n.p.).
Zao Wou-Ki, exh. cat., Folkwang Museum, Essen, 1965 (listed, no.37, n.p.).
J. Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona,1978 (illustrated, plate 99, p. 148; listed, p. 314).
J. Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 1979 (illustrated, plate 99, p. 148; listed, p. 314).
J. Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1980 (illustrated, plate 99, p. 148; listed, p. 314).
J. Leymarie, Zao Wou-ki, Editions Cercle d'Art, Paris and Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1986 (illustrated, plate 99, p. 148; listed, p. 314).
D. Abadie & M. Contensou, Zao Wou-Ki, Editions Cercle d'Art, Paris, 1988 (illustrated, plate 24; listed, p. 127).
D. Abadie & M. Contensou, Zao Wou-Ki, Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1989 (illustrated, plate 24; listed, p. 127).
D. Abadie & M. Contensou, Zao Wou-Ki, Cultural Edition, Taipei, 1993 (illustrated, plate 24; listed, p. 127).
F. Marquet-Zao & Y. Hendgen, Zao Wou-Ki: Catalogue raisonné des peintures Volume II 1959-1974, Flammarion, Paris, 2023 (illustrated, plate P-0754, pp. 115 & 285).
Zao Wou-Ki, exh. cat., Folkwang Museum, Essen, 1965 (listed, no.37, n.p.).
J. Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona,1978 (illustrated, plate 99, p. 148; listed, p. 314).
J. Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 1979 (illustrated, plate 99, p. 148; listed, p. 314).
J. Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1980 (illustrated, plate 99, p. 148; listed, p. 314).
J. Leymarie, Zao Wou-ki, Editions Cercle d'Art, Paris and Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1986 (illustrated, plate 99, p. 148; listed, p. 314).
D. Abadie & M. Contensou, Zao Wou-Ki, Editions Cercle d'Art, Paris, 1988 (illustrated, plate 24; listed, p. 127).
D. Abadie & M. Contensou, Zao Wou-Ki, Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1989 (illustrated, plate 24; listed, p. 127).
D. Abadie & M. Contensou, Zao Wou-Ki, Cultural Edition, Taipei, 1993 (illustrated, plate 24; listed, p. 127).
F. Marquet-Zao & Y. Hendgen, Zao Wou-Ki: Catalogue raisonné des peintures Volume II 1959-1974, Flammarion, Paris, 2023 (illustrated, plate P-0754, pp. 115 & 285).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie de France, Zao Wou-Ki, 7 June-7 July 1963.
Essen, Folkwang Museum, Zao Wou-Ki, 17 January-21 February 1965.
Essen, Folkwang Museum, Zao Wou-Ki, 17 January-21 February 1965.
Further details
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki, dated 22 September 2015.
This work is referenced in the archive of the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki (Information provided by Fondation Zao Wou-Ki).
This work is referenced in the archive of the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki (Information provided by Fondation Zao Wou-Ki).
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