ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, French/Chinese, 1920-2013)

Composition, 1968

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ZAO WOU-KI
(ZHAO WUJI, French/Chinese, 1920-2013)
Composition, 1968
signed 'Wou-ki ZAO' in Chinese & Pinyin; dated '68' (lower right)
watercolour on paper
57 x 38.5 cm. (22 1/2 x 15 1/8 in.)
Painted in 1968

Literature

Vintage Gallery, Abstract & Figurative: Chu Teh-chun, Walasse Ting, Zao Wou-ki, Taipei, Taiwan, 2012 (illustrated, p. 61).

Sale Room Notice

Please note that correct dimensions in inches for Lot 7004 is: 22 1/2 x 15 1/8 in.

Lot Essay

In Chinese, the word "landscape" is created from the characters "shan" and "shui," meaning mountains and water. But I prefer the word "nature," because it calls into being a much broader world: the intersection of multiple spaces in a painting creates something like a universe, in which the wind and the atmosphere breathe and flow freely.
-Zao Wou-ki

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