Sans titre, 1971

by Zao Wou-Ki

Print : aquatint, eau-forte

57.5 x 37.5 x 0.1 cm 22.6 x 14.8 x 0 inch

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Numbered and limited to 99 copies

Signature

Hand-signed by artist

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Dimensions cm inch

57.5 x 37.5 x 0.1 cm 22.6 x 14.8 x 0 inch Height x Width x Depth

Framing

Not framed


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Artwork location: France

Edition : 76/99

Publisher : Galerie de France, Paris

Printer : Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut, Paris

Catalog : [Agerup 215]

Printed in 5 colours, 3 copper plates
On Arches paper

A masterly etching by the Franco-Chinese artist who already in the 1970s excelled in the watercolor and vaporous effects he his compositions. Zao Wou-Ki and explores the richness variations of sky blue, violet and anthracite, creating intense movement.

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Handsigned by the artist in pencil

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Zao Wou-Ki, Sans titre
China  • 1921  - 2013

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Zao was born in Beijing with family roots in Dantu, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province. In his childhood he was brought back to his hometown Dantu where he studied calligraphy. From 1935 to 1941, he studied painting at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.

In 1948, he went with his wife Lan-lan, a composer, to Paris to live on the same block in Montparnasse where the classes of Émile Othon Friesz took place. His earliest exhibitions in France were met with praise from Joan Miróand Picasso.

Zao and his wife pursued their own careers, their son having stayed in China with his Zao's parents. In the mid-1950s, they were divorced. In 1957, Zao decided to visit the United States where his younger brother Chao Wu-Wai was living in Montclair, New Jersey, close to the art scene of New York City. He wanted to learn more about "pop art". While in the US, he painted seven canvases at his brother's house. There are relatively few items dating from that year (1957). Years later, the largest canvas was given by his brother, Chao Wu-Wai, to the Detroit Institute of Arts.

He left the U.S. after a six week stay, traveling to Tokyo and then to Hong Kong, where he met his second wife Chan May-Kan (???, May Zao), a film actress who with two children from her first marriage. Under the influence of Zao, she became a successful sculptor. In 1972, she committed suicide at age 41 due to mental illness.

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