Zao WOU-KI (1920-2013). Etching. Color etching and aquatint on BFK de Rives wove paper, dated 1987, signed lower right and numbered 37/99. Dry stamp of the Lacourière workshop (slight waviness of the paper). (Agerup 334). Subject : Height. 35 cm - Width 57 cm Leaflet : Height. : 48 cm - Width : 68 cm Note : A naturalized French Chinese artist of the École de Paris, his work blends Lyrical Abstraction with the heritage of traditional Chinese art. Settling in France in the 1940s, he explored painting, as well as engraving, a field in which he produced many acclaimed works. A friend of Pierre Soulages, Hans Hartung, Norman Bluhm, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Nicolas de Staël, Sam Francis, Joan Miró and Henri Michaux, he gained international and national recognition in 1983. At that time, he was welcomed in Beijing, where his works were exhibited at the National Museum of China. His works, in which light and space unfold in vast interior landscapes, can now be found in major French institutions, notably the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris and the Centre Pompidou, which have made a major contribution to raising awareness of the international scope of his work. Appraisal by Sylvie COLLIGNON - 01 42 96 12 17 - collignonsylvie@cegetel.net