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Au petit jour (At Dawn)
Details
ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013)
Au petit jour (At Dawn)
signed in Chinese, signed again and dated 'ZAO 57' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'ZAO WOU-Ki Au petit jour 1957' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
45.5 x 55 cm. (17 7⁄8 x 21 5⁄8 in.)
Painted in 1957
Au petit jour (At Dawn)
signed in Chinese, signed again and dated 'ZAO 57' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'ZAO WOU-Ki Au petit jour 1957' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
45.5 x 55 cm. (17 7⁄8 x 21 5⁄8 in.)
Painted in 1957
Provenance
Galerie de France, Paris
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in the late 1950s)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in the late 1950s)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
F. Marquet-Zao & Y. Hendgen, Zao Wou-Ki: Catalogue Raisonné des Peintures 1935-1958, vol. I, Flammarion, Paris, 2023 (illustrated, plate P-0508, pp. 238, 322).
Further details
This work is referenced in the archive of the Fondation Zao Wou-Ki (Information provided by Fondation Zao Wou-Ki).
A certificate of authenticity can be requested for the successful buyer.
A certificate of authenticity can be requested for the successful buyer.
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