15.4.69

Details

Zao Wou-Ki (b.1921)
15.4.69
signed in Chinese (lower right); signed, inscribed and titled/dated 'Zao Wou-Ki, 15.4.69, Bien amicalement' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
51 1/8 x 63¾in. (130 x 162cm.)
Painted on 15 April 1969

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1969.

Literature

J. Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki, Barcelona 1978, no. 149 (illustrated, p. 199).
C. Roy, Zao Wou-Ki, Paris 1996, no. 25 (illustrated in colour, p. 129).

Special notice

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Sale room notice

Please note that the present work is sold with a certificate signed by the artist and dated Paris, le 18.12.02.
Please note the additional literature information:
C. Roy, Zao Wou-Ki, Paris 1996, no. 25 (illustrated in colour, p. 129).

Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the artist. It is sold with a certificate signed by the artist and dated Paris, le 18.12.02.

Zao Wou-Ki is a Frenchman of Chinese birth, and both these influences mark his paintings. 15.4.69 appears reminiscent of some post-war French artists, not least of all Jean Fautrier and Henri Michaux, while the blank spaces and calligraphic build-up of oils are evidence of his Chinese background. He has created a strange and stormy mindscape packed with gesture and action - like the strokes, the date title itself appears to record ephemerality itself.

15.4.69

Lot Essay

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