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Angers, France: Musées d'Angers, 1998. Catalogue of Zao Wou-ki's paintings, prints, and book illustrations for 1998 exhibitions in Angers, France. The catalogue contains essays, an extensive biography, and a list of exhibitions and publications. Text entirely in French, heavily illustrated. SCARCE. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Quarto (11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches; 300 x 240 mm), 128 pages, in photo-illustrated wrappers (soft cover).… Ler mais sobre este item

Hong Kong: Alisan Fine Arts, 1995. Catalogue for an exhibition of paintings by Lu Fusheng (b. 1949) at Alisan Fine Arts in Hong Kong. Foreword by the artist and introduction by Alice King, owner of Alisan Fine Arts. Featuring 31 high-quality color plates. Text in English and Chinese. Scarce in commerce. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Quarto (11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches;… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: Le Cherche Midi Éditeur, 1998. Transcripts of discussions between Chinese-French artist Zao Wou-ki (1920-2013) and seven interviewers: Claude Martin (diplomat), France Huser (journalist), Robert Frélaut (print maker), Claude Delay-Tubiana (writer and psychoanalyst), François Trèves (businessman and collector), Agnès Varda (film director), and Bernard Noël (poet). All interviews are in French. The book is profusely illustrated with images of Zao's paintings… Ler mais sobre este item

Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafa, S.A., 1989. Heavily illustrated book dedicated to Zao Wou-ki's oil paintings. Essays in English by Daniel Abadie and Martine Contensou. Featuring 106 illustrations, 78 in color. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Quart o (12 x 8 1/2 inches; 304 x 215 mm), 128 pages, cream-colored cloth, in an illustrated dust jacket (hard cover). CONDITION: Fine in a Very Good or better… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Catto Gallery, 1999. Beautiful announcement for an exhibition of paintings by Walasse Ting (1929-2010) at the Catto Gallery in London in 1999. Short text with numerous images in color. SCARCE. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Square Octavo (8 1/4 inches; 210 mm), [8] pages, including the covers, in stapled, illustrated card stock (soft cover). CONDITION: Fine.

New York: Kaikodo, 2001. An issue of Kaikodo Journal devoted to a sales exhibition of 19 paintings by 10 contemporary Chinese artists. The exhibition took place at Kaikodo's New York gallery from November 10 to December 10, 2001. Artists in the exhibition were: Wang Jiqian (C.C. Wang), Wang Wuxie (Wucius Wong), Li Xubai, Huang Zhongfang (Harold Wong), Luo Jianwu (Lo Chien-wu),… Ler mais sobre este item

València, Spain: IVAM Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, 2001. Catalogue for a Zao Wou-ki retrospective in Belgium, organized by the IVAM Institut Valencià d'Art Modern in cooperation with the Musée d'Ixelles in Brussels. The Belgian exhibition took place from July 18 to September 30, 2001, following an earlier show in València. Essays by Emmanuel Guigon, France Huser, and Louis Ucciani, followed by… Ler mais sobre este item

Hong Kong: The Urban Council, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Massive catalogue for Zao's 1996 retrospective at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, which featured 78 oil paintings from 1935 to 1994. Each painting receives a full page in the catalogue, with exhibition history on the opposite page. Essays in English and Chinese by Georges Duby and Daniel Marchesseau, followed by… Ler mais sobre este item

Taipei: Sotheby's, 1997. Auction catalogue featuring paintings that Chinese-French painter Sanyu gave to photographer Robert Frank. Sanyu (1901-1966) and Frank (1924-2019) met in New York in 1949 and remained lifelong friends. In English and Chinese. Numerous high-quality images and photographs. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches; 276 x 214 mm), pp. iii, [1], 57, [13] pages, in… Ler mais sobre este item

Hong Kong: Urban Council, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Important catalogue of Wu Guanzhong's paintings, issued as part of a series of exhibitions in Hong Kong on Chinese painting. Includes an essay by Wu Guanzhong as well as essays by Shui Tianzhong and Christina Chu. Texts in English and Chinese. Exhibition brochure laid in. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Square Quarto (11 inches;… Ler mais sobre este item

Genève: Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie., 1997. First Edition. Scarce booklet issued in connection with a 1997 exhibition in Geneva. Black-and-white illustrations, texts in French by Maria-Gaetana Matisse, I.M. Pei, and Françoise Marquet. Invitation card laid in. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (10 x 5 3/8 inches; 255 x 135 mm), 12 illustrations on a single page that folds out to… Ler mais sobre este item

Brussels: J. Bastien Art, n.d. [1996]. Scarce portfolio containing 9 color illustrations of recent paintings by Zao Wou-ki. Each illustration is printed on separate cards laid in to the portfolio, which also includes a preface by art historian Wim Toebosch as well as a list of exhibitions. Toebosch's text is in both French and Dutch, the exhibition list in French. The… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: Galerie Thessa Herold, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Scarce catalogue of paintings by Zao Wou-ki (1920-2013), issued in connection with an exhibition in Madrid in 1998. Besides high-quality illustrations, the catalogue presents a lengthy biography interspersed with numerous photos. There are also tributes from friends, such as Tomás Llorens and Yves Bonnefoy, as well as excerpts from earlier texts by… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: Galerie Thessa Herold, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Scarce catalogue for an exhibition of paintings by two old friends, Henri Michaux and Zao Wou-ki. Images are interspersed with texts by the two artists. The cover title -- Pas de Barbare en Asie! -- is a reference to Michaux's 1933 travel journal, Un Barbare en Asie (A Barbarian in Asia,… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2018. Booklet issued for an exhibition of Zao Wou-ki's large-scale works, held June 4, 2018-January 6, 2019, at the Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris. The booklet contains color photos of some of the paintings; text in French. Laid in is an English/French overview giving the highlights of each… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. A series of lectures on how artists in China made their living from the 16th century onwards. James Cahill (1926-2014), an eminent art historian, gave these lectures at Columbia in 1991. He challenges the traditional image of scholar-artists being uninterested in material rewards. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white images. PHYSICAL DETAILS:… Ler mais sobre este item

Cincinnati: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Scarce catalogue for an exhibition of prints by Chinese-French artist Zao Wou-ki (1920-2013) at the Cincinnati Art Museum. The exhibition took place from November 22, 1954, to January 4, 1955, and featured 70 prints. The catalogue features a listing of the prints and their edition sizes, some black-and-white illustrations, a foreword by… Ler mais sobre este item

Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Beautifully illustrated catalogue of Chinese paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 5/8 x 6 7/8 inches; 245 x 175 mm), 253, [1] pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Lightest of edge wear, internally clean, bright, and unmarked. Near Fine.

Hong Kong: City Hall Museum and Art Gallery, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Scarce catalogue in Chinese and English on Chinese painter Su Jen-Shan (1814-1849). Explanatory text by Lee Kwok-wing, followed by 18 black-and-white illustrations of Su's works. He was especially fond of landscapes and often painted Buddhist and Taoist deities and mythical sages. This catalogue was issued for an… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Profusely illustrated catalogue of Chinese books issued by London dealer Sam Fogg. With detailed descriptions, as usual with Sam Fogg's publications. The catalogue includes books from the 6th through the 19th centuries, organized chronologically. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Quarto (11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches; 300 x 240 mm), 139,… Ler mais sobre este item