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The Lost Forest

Zao Wou-ki

Gilden's Art Gallery (IFPDA) United Kingdom

Artwork details

Artist

Zao Wou-ki

Title

The Lost Forest

Description

This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil in Chinese and Pinyin at the lower right margin. It is also dated in pencil next to the signature '55 [1955].
It is hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 125, at the lower left margin. There were also 20 artist’s proofs.
It was printed by E. and J. Desjobert, Paris in 1955 and published by l'Oeuvre Graveé, Zurich in a limited edition of 125 hand signed and numbered impressions.

Literature:
1. Ågerup, J. (1994). Zao Wou-Ki - The Graphic Work - A Catalogue Raisonne 1937-1995. Copenhagen: Heede & Moestrup.
Reference: Ågerup 95
2. Rivière, Y. ed., Arts et Metiers Graphiques, Zao Wou-ki: Les estampes 1937-1974, Paris, France
Reference: Rivière 89

Condition: Very good condition. The sheet slightly toned at the edges.

Date

1955

Medium

Lithograph

Edition

125

Signature

Signed

Catalogue Raisonne

Ågerup 95; Rivière 89

Image

61.5 x 48 cm

Sheet

65 x 50 cm

Status

Available

Price

$12,000.00

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.