LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

102.36 in. (260.00 cm.) (height) by 78.74 in. (200.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Chinese, signed 'ZAO' (lower right); signed, titled and inscribed 'Zao Wou-Ki 29.1.64 260 x 200. ne pas vernir' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Pittsburgh, USA, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, 1964. Paris, France, Galerie de France, Zao Wou-Ki OEuvres récentes, 1967. Beverly Hills, USA, Frank Perls Gallery, Zao Wou-Ki, 1968. Montréal, Canada, Musée d’art Contemporain / Québec, Canada, Musée du Québec, Zao Wou-Ki, 1969. Charleroi, Belgium, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Zao Wou-Ki, 1980. Montauban, France, Musée Ingres, Zao Wou-Ki ou se libérer du connu, 1983. Paris, France, Artcurial, Zao Wou-Ki 1955-1988, 1988. Lisbon, Portugal, Fondation Gulbenkian, Zao Wou-Ki, Oils and Watercolors, 1992. Arras, France, Noroit-Arras, Zao Wou-Ki Retrospective: Paintings 1955-1952, 1993. Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Zao Wou-Ki Retrospective, 1993. Nevers, France, Maison de la Culture, Zao Wou-Ki Peintures, 1995. Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, A Retrospective of Zao Wou-Ki, 1996. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Arts, Infinite Image and Space - A Retrospective of Zao Wou-Ki, 1996. Fécamp, France, Palais Bénédictine, Zao Wou-Ki : Paysages Intérieurs, 1947-2004, 2005.

Literature:

Jean Laude, Zao Wou-Ki, La Connaissance s.a., Brussels, Belgium, 1974 (illustrated, p. 51). Jean Leymarie, Zao Wou-Ki , Documentation by Françoise Marquet, Editions Cercle d’Art, Paris, France and Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, Spain, 1978 (illustrated, plate 110, p. 159). Daniel Abadie & Martine Contensou, Zao Wou-Ki, Edition Ars Mundi, Spain, 1988 (illustrated, plate 26, unpaged). Artcurial, Zao Wou-Ki 1955-1988 (exh. cat.), Paris, France, 1988 (illustrated in black & white, p. 15). Pan Tai-Fang & Chen Shu-Ling, Zao Wou-Ki Retrospective (exh. cat.), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, 1993 (illustrated, p. 54). Hong Kong Museum of Art, Infinite Image and Space – A Retrospective of Zao Wou-Ki (exh. cat), Hong Kong, 1996 (illustrated, p. 105). Bernard Noël, Zao Wou-Ki Grands formats - Au Bord du Visible, Editions Cercle d’Art, Paris, France, 2000 (illustrated, plate 8, unpaged). Palais Bénédictine, Zao Wou-Ki : Paysages Intérieurs, 1947-2004, (exh. cat.), Fécamp, France, 2005 (illustrated, p. 21). Dominique de Villepin, Zao Wou-Ki - Oeuvres 1935- 2008, Flammarion, Paris, France, 2009 (illustrated, p. 155).

Provenance:

Private Collection, Europe (acquired directly from the artist by the present owner) This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Foundation Zao Wou-Ki. This work is referenced in the archive of the Foundation Zao Wou-Ki and will be included in the artist's forthcoming catalogue raisonne prepared by Francoise Marquet and Yann Hendgen (Information provided by Foundation Zao Wou-Ki).