{"product_id":"zao-wou-ki-a-la-gloire-de-l-image-et-art-poetique-1976-iv","title":"Zao Wou Ki, À La Gloire de l’image et art poétique (1976) IV","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 caIGcn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Text-sc-18gcpao-0  cxWOSI\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"356\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"78\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eÀ La Gloire de l’image et art poétique IV\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"356\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"78\"\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Zao Wou-Ki (1921–2013)\u003cbr data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"156\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"156\" data-end=\"165\"\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1976\u003cbr data-start=\"170\" data-end=\"173\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"173\" data-end=\"184\"\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Color lithograph, with the artist’s printed signature and dated 1976. Text in French by Roger Caillois.\u003cbr data-start=\"327\" data-end=\"330\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"342\"\u003eSupport:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vélin paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"375\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"373\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"376\" data-end=\"473\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"376\" data-end=\"425\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"425\"\u003eDouble page: 49.7 × 71.4 cm (19 ⅝ × 28 ⅛ in.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"473\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"473\"\u003eSingle page: 49.7 × 35.7 cm (19 ⅝ × 14 in.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"794\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"487\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Limited edition of 300 copies + 15 artist proofs\u003cbr data-start=\"536\" data-end=\"539\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"553\"\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Printed signature and date on each plate\u003cbr data-start=\"594\" data-end=\"597\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"597\" data-end=\"612\"\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris (acquired directly from the artist). Purchased from the gallery by the current owner in 2005.\u003cbr data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"739\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"882\" data-end=\"1191\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"882\" data-end=\"898\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"901\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eÀ La Gloire de l'Image et Art Poétique\u003c\/em\u003e (1976) is a colour lithograph by Zao Wou-Ki — one of the twentieth century's most celebrated painters, whose synthesis of Chinese landscape tradition and Western lyrical abstraction placed him at the intersection of two of the most powerful pictorial cultures in modern art. The image is a sweeping, gestural landscape in deep cobalt and black: a mountain range dissolves into water and mist, rendered with the ink-wash spontaneity of classical Chinese painting and the chromatic ambition of the École de Paris. The composition breathes — the warm cream of the vélin paper providing the same function as the unpainted silk in a Song dynasty scroll: space, silence, possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eProduced in 1976 in collaboration with the French writer and theorist Roger Caillois — the polymath whose writings on myth, play, and the natural world made him one of the most singular intellectual figures of postwar France — this lithograph belongs to the tradition of the French \u003cem\u003elivre d'artiste\u003c\/em\u003e: the collaboration between visual artist and writer that produced some of the twentieth century's most beautiful printed objects. Caillois's French text and Wou-Ki's image occupy the same physical and conceptual space, each commenting on and amplifying the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eZao Wou-Ki arrived in Paris from Shanghai in 1948 and remained there for the rest of his life, becoming a naturalised French citizen and one of the most internationally collected painters of his generation. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Pompidou, the Tate, MoMA, and major museums across Asia and Europe. His paintings have achieved eight-figure results at auction — making original lithographs of this period an outstanding point of entry into his oeuvre for collectors seeking works on paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1689\" data-end=\"1869\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1248\" data-start=\"1224\"\u003eShipping \u0026amp; Delivery:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1251\" data-start=\"1248\"\u003e✔ Worldwide shipping from France\u003cbr data-end=\"1286\" data-start=\"1283\"\u003e✔ Professional packaging with insurance\u003cbr data-end=\"1328\" data-start=\"1325\"\u003e✔ Tracking number included for secure delivery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1689\" data-end=\"1869\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/collections\/collection-zao-wou-ki-abstraction-lyrique-et-fusion-orient-occident?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=zao+wou\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\" title=\"Collection Zao wou ki\"\u003e➡️ View all available Zao Wou-Ki works\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1016\" data-start=\"1013\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003e➡️ C\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eontact us for any questions\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"145\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"145\"\u003eFAQ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this an original Zao Wou-Ki lithograph?\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes — an original colour lithograph on vélin paper, with the artist's printed signature and date 1976.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho is Roger Caillois?\u003c\/strong\u003e Roger Caillois (1913–1978) was a French intellectual, writer, and sociologist — a member of the Collège de Sociologie and one of the most wide-ranging thinkers of postwar France, known for his writings on myth, play, dreams, and the natural world. His collaboration with Zao Wou-Ki situates this work firmly in the French livre d'artiste tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is a livre d'artiste?\u003c\/strong\u003e A French tradition in which a visual artist and a writer collaborate to produce a book or portfolio in which image and text are conceived as a unified whole — one of the most prestigious formats in the history of fine art printmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat paper is used?\u003c\/strong\u003e Vélin paper — a smooth, cream-toned fine art paper associated with the highest standards of French printmaking and book arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat condition is the work in?\u003c\/strong\u003e Please contact us for a full condition report. 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