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Zao Wou-Ki
Zao Wou-Ki
Art Brokerage: Zao Wou-Ki Chinese-French Artist: b. 1920-2013. Zao Wou-Ki (13 February 1920 – 9 April 2013[1]) was a Chinese-French painter. He was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. 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. Zao's works, influenced by Paul Klee, are orientated to abstraction. He names them with the date in which he finishes them, and in them, masses of colours appear to materialise a creating world, like a big bang, where light structures the canvas. He worked formats in triptychs and diptychs. While his work was stylistically similar to the Abstract Expressionists whom he met while travelling in New York, he was influenced by Impressionism. Zao Wou-ki stated that he had been influenced by the works of Matisse, Picasso and Cézanne. His meetings with Henri Michaux pushed him to review his Indian ink techniques, always based in Chinese traditional drawings. Zao was a member of the Académie des beaux-arts, and was considered to have been one of the most successful Chinese painters during his lifetime. His auction record of RMB 89,680,000 (US$14,718,771) was set at Sotheby's, Beijing, on 1 December 2013. Former French President Jacques Chirac was offered a painting by Zao Wu Ki by his ministers during their last meeting. By the end of his life Zao had stopped producing new paintings due to health problems. He died on 9 April 2013 at his home in Switzerland. Listings wanted.
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Limited Edition Print: Lithograph, Hand Signed, From the EA Edition
Size: 22x30 in | 56x76 cm
🔥Early 1970 Limited Edition EA Etching - Inquire - Blue Chip
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Sculpture: Bronze, Sculpture Foundry Mark, From the Edition of 199
Size: 17x17x9 in | 43x43x23 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Serigaph on Delux Rice Paper, Hand Signed, Artist Proof
Size: 37x38 in | 94x97 cm
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Size: 38x30 in | 97x76 cm
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Size: 20x26 in | 51x66 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Seriolithograph on Paper, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 1050
Size: 12x18 in | 29x44 cm
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Size: 25x19 in | 64x48 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Lithograph, Not Signed, Edition is Not Numbered
Size: 25x19 in | 64x48 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Exhibition Poster For Picasso Linocuts 1958–1963, Not Signed, From an edition of 500
Size: 28x20 in | 72x51 cm
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Size: 25x16 in | 64x42 cm
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Size: 37x25 in | 93x62 cm
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Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed
Size: 35x60x0 in | 90x152x0 cm
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Size: 15x22 in | 38x56 cm
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Size: 17x23 in | 42x58 cm
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Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed
Size: 44x40 in | 112x102 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Serigraph on Paper, Hand Signed, XXXIII/LXXV
Size: 40x27 in | 102x67 cm
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Original Painting: Mixed Media on Rice Paper, Hand Signed
Size: 18x18 in | 46x46 cm
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Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed
Size: 72x58 in | 183x147 cm
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Size: 30x21 in | 76x53 cm
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Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed
Size: 23x35 in | 58x89 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Serigraph, Hand Signed, AP
Size: 33x33 in | 84x84 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Lithograph, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 195
Size: 22x30 in | 56x76 cm
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Size: 35x28 in | 89x71 cm
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Size: 37x38 in | 94x97 cm
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Size: 14x20 in | 34x50 cm
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