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Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

overall; each: 200 x 162 cm

Description:

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Markings:

signed in Chinese, signed 'ZAO' (lower right); signed, titled, dated and numbered 'Zao Wou-Ki 200 x 486 Triptyque 1987-1988 I' (on reverse of the left panel); signed, titled, dated and numbered 'Zao Wou-Ki 200 x 486 cm Triptyque 1987-1988 II' (on reverse of the middle panel); signed, titled, dated and numbered 'Zao Wou-Ki 200 x 486 cm Triptyque 1987-1988 III' (on reverse of the right panel)

Exhibited:

Paris, France, Artcurial, Zao Wou-Ki 1955-1988, 1988. Arras, France, Centre Noroit-Arras, Zao Wou-Ki Retrospective: Paintings 1955-1992, 1992. Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Zao Wou-Ki Retrospective, March-May 1993. Mexico City, Mexico, Fundacion Cultural Televisa, Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporaneo, Zao Wou-Ki: Cuarenta Anos de Pintura (1954- 1994), March-May 1994. Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, A Retrospective of Zao Wou-Ki, January-April 1996. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Infinite Image and Space - A Retrospective of Zao Wou-Ki, May-July 1996. Shanghai, China, Shanghai Museum, Zao Wou-Ki: 60 years of paintings (1935-1998), 1998-1999. This exhibition later travelled to Beijing, China, the National Art Museum of China, 1999, and Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Museum of Art, 1999. Dunkerque, France, Musee des Beaux Arts, Zao Wou-Ki, une quete du silence, April-August 2004. Biarritz, France, Le Bellevue, Zao Wou-Ki, Peintures et encres de Chine, 1948-2005, 2005. Martigny, Switzerland, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Zao Wou-Ki, 2016.

Literature:

Artcurial, Zao Wou-Ki 1955-1988, exh. cat., Paris, France, 1988 (illustrated, pp. 42-43). Centre Noroit-Arras, Zao Wou-Ki Retrospective: Paintings 1955-1992, exh. cat., Arras, France, 1992 (illustrated, pp. 12-13). Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Zao Wou-Ki Retrospective, exh. cat., Taipei, Taiwan, 1993 (illustrated, pp.70-71). Pierre Schneider, Fundacion Cultural Televisa, Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporaneo, Zao Wou-Ki: Cuarenta Anos de Pintura (1954-1994), exh. cat., Mexico City, Mexico, 1994 (illustrated, pp. 103-104). Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, A Retrospective of Zao Wou-Ki, exh. cat., Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1996 (illustrated, plate 69, pp. 197-198). Hong Kong Museum of Art, Urban Council of Hong Kong, Infinite Image and Space - A Retrospective of Zao Wou-Ki, exh. cat., Hong Kong, 1996 (illustrated, pp. 153-154). Shanghai Joint Publishing, Zao Wou-Ki 60 ans de peintures (1935-1998), exh. cat., Shanghai, China, 1998 (illustrated, plate 72, pp.201- 202). Yves Bonnefoy, Gerard de Cortanze, Zao Wou-Ki, Editions La Difference, Paris, France, 1998 (illustrated, p. 232). Bernard Noel, Zao Wou-Ki Grands formats - Au Bord du Visible, Editions Cercle d’Art, Paris, France, 2000 (illustrated, plate 53, unpaged). Musee des Beaux Arts, Zao Wou-Ki, une quete du silence, exh. cat., Dunkerque, France, 2004 (illustrated, plate 60, pp. 78-79). Le Bellevue, Zao Wou-Ki. Peintures et encres de Chine, 1948-2005, exh. cat., Editions Hazan, Biarritz, France, 2005 (illustrated, plate 38, pp. 74-75). Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Zao Wou-Ki, exh. cat., Martigny, Switzerland, 2016 (illustrated, plate 32, pp. 88-90).

Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner This work is referenced in the archive of the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki and will be included in the artist’s forthcoming catalogue raisonne prepared by Francoise Marquet and Yann Hendgen (information provided by Fondation Zao Wou-Ki)