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Composition I, from Rambles | Randonnées

Zao Wou-ki

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Title
Composition I, from Rambles | Randonnées
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ZAO WOU-KI 1921- 2013

Beijing 1921 -2013 Switzerland (Chinese)

Title: Composition I, from Rambles | Randonnées, 1974

Technique: Original Hand Signed, Numbered and Dated Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Japan Nacré Paper

Paper size: 55 x 37 cm. / 21.7 x 14.6 in. Image size: 24.5 x 18 cm. / 9.6 x 7.1 in.

Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Zao Wou-Ki" in Chinese and Pinyin at the lower right margin. It is also dated “74” [1974] next to the signature. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 14, at the lower left margin. Our impression is from a deluxe suite of 14 on Japan paper aside from the standard edition of 125 on Rives paper. It was printed by Atelier Bellini, Paris and published by Yves Rivière, Paris in 1974. There were also three artist’s proofs and 4 hors commerce [out of trade] impressions on Japan paper.

Note: This composition is the first of five created for the book Randonnées [Rambles] written by Roger Caillois.

Literature: Ågerup, J. (1994). Zao Wou-Ki - The Graphic Work - A Catalogue Raisonné 1937-1995. Copenhagen: Heede & Moestrup.

Reference: Ågerup 257

Condition: Very good condition. A very pale, unobtrusive, thin band of staining along the sheet edges.

Date
1974
Edition
14
Signature
Signed
Sheet
55 x 37 cm. cm
Status
Available
Price
$5,000.00
The Artist

Zao Wou-ki

About Zao Wou-Ki 

Zao Wou-Ki (1921-2013) was born in Beijing and trained at the Hangzhou art academy before moving to Paris in 1948, where he became one of the leading figures of postwar lyrical abstraction. He took French citizenship in 1964. His work joins the Chinese ink tradition of landscape, space and breath to the colour and gesture of the School of Paris. Zao Wou-Ki prints carry that fusion into luminous, atmospheric compositions where forms seem to emerge from and dissolve into the paper.

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