Composition IV, from: In Honour of the Picture and of Poetry | Á la gloire de l’image et Art poetique
WOU-KI (趙無極), Zao (1921-2013)

ZAO WOU-KI 1921- 2013

Beijing 1921 -2013 Switzerland (Chinese)

Title: Composition XI, from: In Honour of the Picture and of Poetry | Á la gloire de l’image et Art poetique, 1976

Technique: Original Hand Signed, Numbered and Dated Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper

Paper size: 50 x 76 cm. / 19.7 x 30 in.

Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Zao Wou-Ki” in Chinese and Pinyin at the lower right margin. It is dated “76” [1976] next to the signature. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 99, at the lower left margin. There were also 15 artist’s proofs and 15 hors commerce [out of trade] impressions. It was printed by Bellini, Paris and published by Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona in 1976. This is the eleventh of twelve compositions for the suite “In Honour of the Picture and of Poetry”. The paper bears a partial Arches watermark in the lower left corner.

Literature: Ågerup, J. (1994). Zao Wou-Ki – The Graphic Work – A Catalogue Raisonné 1937-1995. Copenhagen: Heede & Moestrup. Reference: Ågerup 281

Condition: Excellent condition. Remnants of hinging tape at three points along the upper sheet edge, verso.