Lot Essay
This example is one of 125 reserved for members of Les Bibliophiles Comtois, Paris.
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
ZAO WOU-KI (1920-2013)
La Tentation de l’Occident
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ZAO WOU-KI (1920-2013)
La Tentation de l’Occident
the complete artist's book comprising ten lithographs in colors, on Arches paper, 1962, numbered 120 and dedicated to Pierre-André Taverne on the reverse of the title page (the total edition was 170), published by Les Bibliophiles Comtois, Paris, with text in French by André Malraux, justification and title pages, in generally very good condition. Bound in full gray calf signed by Michel Kiefer, abstract floriate tools on boards and spine in silver, silver lettering on spine, orange decorative endpapers; in a custom slipcase, original orange paste paper over gray calf.
Overall: 15 ½ x 11 7⁄8 x 2 ¼ in. (393 x 301 x 56 mm.)
La Tentation de l’Occident
the complete artist's book comprising ten lithographs in colors, on Arches paper, 1962, numbered 120 and dedicated to Pierre-André Taverne on the reverse of the title page (the total edition was 170), published by Les Bibliophiles Comtois, Paris, with text in French by André Malraux, justification and title pages, in generally very good condition. Bound in full gray calf signed by Michel Kiefer, abstract floriate tools on boards and spine in silver, silver lettering on spine, orange decorative endpapers; in a custom slipcase, original orange paste paper over gray calf.
Overall: 15 ½ x 11 7⁄8 x 2 ¼ in. (393 x 301 x 56 mm.)
Literature
Ågerup 137-146
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