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Zao Wou-Ki
Chinese/French, 1920-2013

Zao Wou-Ki Chinese/French, 1920-2013

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Zao Wou-Ki, Paysage Bleu, 1955

Zao Wou-Ki Chinese/French, 1920-2013

Paysage Bleu, 1955
Screenprint on silk
95 x 95 cm
Edition 23/175
Artist's signature lower right
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During 1945-1947 the celebrated fabric designer Zika Ascher, collaborated with numerous artists on his Artist's Squares Collection. Prominent artists of the time all contributed, including Calder, Derain, De Staël, Moore,...
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During 1945-1947 the celebrated fabric designer Zika Ascher, collaborated with numerous artists on his Artist's Squares Collection. Prominent artists of the time all contributed, including Calder, Derain, De Staël, Moore, Nicholson, Picasso and Wou-Ki. In 1953, Zao Wou-Ki was hired by Roland Petit's Ballets de Paris to design the sets and costumes for La Perle, a one-act ballet by Louise de Vilmorin. Jean Cocteau and Jean Denis-Malcles had previously collaborated with Ascher and worked extensively with Roland Petit at the Ballets des Champs-Élysées, It is most likely that Zao Wou-Ki was introduced to Zika Ascher through these mutual connections. 'Paysage Bleu' clearly annouces his move towards complete abstraction in the late 1950s, when colour would become dominant.
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Provenance

The Ascher Family Collection

Exhibitions

1975, The Ascher Squares, Neiman Marcus, Dallas

1983, Redfern Gallery

1987, Zika and Lida Ascher: Fabric - Art - Fashion, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1990, Ascher Artists Scarves, Comme de Garçons, Tokyo

2008, Styling the Modern: Fine Art Meets Fashion, Fine Art Centre, Colorado Springs

Literature

MENDES, Valerie and Frances HINCHCLIFFE. Zika and Lida Ascher: Fabric - Art - Fashion. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1987, ill. p. 64

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