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Zao Wou-Ki, Silkscreen in Colors, Soft Abstract, 1973

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 EUR Estimated At:800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR
Zao Wou-Ki, Silkscreen in Colors, Soft Abstract, 1973
Silkscreen in 3 colors on wove paper
Ibiza, 1973
Zao Wou-Ki (1921-2013) - Chinese-French painter, active in Paris and Switzerland
Signed and monogrammed lower right in pencil ‘E.A. ZWK’
One of 50 artist’s proofs
Printed and published by Carl van der Voort, Ibiza, on the occasion of the Zao Wou-Ki exhibition at the Carl van der Voort Gallery, Ibiza, September 1973
Catalog raisonné: Ågerup 239
Image dimensions: 13.9 x 14 cm
Very good condition
The Chinese-French artist is associated with the Nouvelle École de Paris and combines Chinese ink painting with abstract themes; similar works of Zao Wou-Ki fetch up to 5,500 euro on the international auction market


The silkscreen in colors offered here by Chinese-French artist Zao Wou-Ki was created for the occasion of an exhibition of Carl van der Voort Gallery in Ibiza, published and printed in 1972 by Carl van der Voort. Zao Wou-Ki first learned traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy, among others, and later turned to Western painting. In his art Zao Wou-Ki combines the tradition of ink painting with rhythmically abstract motifs. This is probably due to the influences of the early years in Paris from 1947 on, where he came in contact with the style of lyrical abstraction that is seen as a precursor of the Informal movement which avoids the style of geometric constructivism.



The silkscreen is inscribed with pencil épreuve d'artiste ‘E.A.’ and monogrammed ‘ZWK’. The sheet is trimmed and matted as well as mounted with stripes of tape at the reverse sheet edges. Overall very good condition. The full sheet image measures 13.9 x 14 cm, the framed dimensions are 34.5 x 28.5 cm. The frame and mat with slight traces of use.



Zao Wou-Ki (1921-2013)

Zao Wou-Ki was born in 1921 in Beijing. He began at an early age with the traditional Chinese ink painting and calligraphy and studied at the Art Academy in Hangchow, where he later worked as a professor. Impressed by the European modernism, he emigrated to Paris in the late 1940s. There he became acquainted with the artists Henri Michaux, Alberto Giacometti as well as Joan Miró and others and in addition came in contact with the informalism, which furhter inspired him to create his very own style, which combines traditional Chinese painting with rhythmically abstract subjects. As a result, his paintings are often referred to as Lyrical Abstraction. In 1980 he became a professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. He also took part in the Venice Biennale, among others, in 1996. (cru)


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