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ZAO WOU-KI 1921- 2013
Beijing 1921 -2013 Switzerland (Chinese)
Title: Etching No. 163, 1965
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 50 x 65 cm. / 19.7 x 25.6 in.
Image size: 28.8 x 35.5 cm. / 11.3 x 14 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist in Chinese and Pinyin at the lower right margin. It is dated in pencil “65” [1965], next to the signature.
It is also hand numbered pencil from the edition of total edition of 95, at the lower left margin.
Our impression is one of the 75 impressions on Arches paper, the remaining 20 were on Japan Nacre paper. In addition to these 96 impressions, there were 20 signed and numbered artist’s proofs.
This work was printed and published by Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut, Paris in the same year.
The paper bears the blindstamp of the publisher in the lower left corner and the Arches watermark in the centre of the lower margin.
Literature: Ågerup, J. (1994). Zao Wou-Ki – The Graphic Work – A Catalogue Raisonné 1937-1995. Copenhagen: Heede & Moestrup.
Reference: Ågerup 163
Condition: Excellent condition.
