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
Artist's signature lower right
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,...
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.
Provenance
The Ascher Family CollectionExhibitions
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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