Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 38 x 57 cm. / 14.9 x 22.4 in.
Image size: 32.5 x 49 cm. / 12.8 x 19.3 in.
This lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Zao Wou-Ki" in Chinese and Pinyin at the lower left margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 250, at the lower right margin.
It was printed by E. and J. Desjobert, Paris, and published by La Guilde Internationale de la Gravure, Geneva in 1952.
The paper bears the publisher’s blindtamp in the lower left corner. There is a partial Arches watermark in the upper right corner.
Literature:
1) Ågerup, J. (1994). Zao Wou-Ki - The Graphic Work - A Catalogue Raisonne 1937-1995. Copenhagen: Heede & Moestrup.
Reference: Ågerup 76
2) Rivière, Y. ed., Arts et Metiers Graphiques, Zao Wou-ki: Les estampes 1937-1974, Paris, France
Reference: Rivière 78
Condition: Very good condition. Very pale time-staining around the image.