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Saturday, 24 October 2026

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Lot 1337 Arthur Rimbaud. Arthur Rimbaud, Les …

Arthur Rimbaud, Les Illuminations. Paris, Le Club français du livre, 1967. Mit 8 ganzseitigen, mehrfarbigen Original-Aquatinta-Radierungen von Zao Wou-Ki auf BFK de Rives. Folio (ca. 42 × 31,5 cm), lose Blätter, in der Original-Umschlagchemise und im Original-Schuber

Zao Wou-Ki

Moderne Literatur und Kunst – Eins von 200 Exemplaren. - Minssieux, Zao Wou-Ki: estampes & livres illustrés, 2008, Nr. 6. Jorgen Agerup, Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work, 1994, Nr. 174-181. Françoise Marquet, Zao Wou-Ki, les estampes 1937-1974, 1975, Nr. 175-182. Je 31 x 23,3 cm (42 x 31,4 cm). - Im Impressum signiert. - Zao Wou-Kis Illustrationen zu Rimbauds "Illuminations" gehören zu den bedeutendsten Künstlerbüchern der École de Paris nach 1945. Der in Peking geborene Maler lebte seit 1948 in Paris. In den 1950er und 1960er Jahren fand er zu einer lyrischen, atmosphärischen Abstraktion. Sie verbindet die Raumauffassung der chinesischen Tuschmalerei mit der Farbkultur der europäischen Moderne. Rimbauds visionäre Prosagedichte sind dafür ein kongenialer Anlass. Zao antwortet auf sie nicht mit erzählender Illustration, sondern mit freien Farbräumen. Licht, Nebel und Bewegung lösen sich darin in leuchtende, fließende Formen auf. Die acht Radierungen sind in Aquatinta und Radierung in mehreren Farbgängen gedruckt, und zwar passgenau im Register. Die Farbigkeit reicht von tiefem Blau über Violett und Grün bis zu warmen Ocker- und Rottönen. Die Blätter entstanden in der Werkstatt von Lacourière et Frelaut, die für ihre Druckqualität berühmt war. Prachtvolle Drucke, in leuchtenden Farbräumen und fein abgestufter Aquatinta ausgeführt, in denen Zao Wou-Kis abstrakte Formfelder als vibrierende, atmosphärische Lichtzonen auf schwerem Velinpapier erscheinen. Das Werk wird den Informel-nahen Druckgraphiken Zao Wou-Kis zugerechnet. Es zählt zu den gefragtesten Mappenwerken des Künstlers. Rimbauds "Illuminations", vermutlich zwischen 1873 und 1875 entstanden und erst 1886 veröffentlicht, sind eine Sammlung visionärer Prosagedichte und Verse. Sie lösen die Grenzen von Raum, Zeit und Wahrnehmung in kühnen, rauschhaften Bildern auf und gelten als Wegbereiter der modernen Lyrik. - Gutes Exemplar.

Modern Literature and Art – With 8 full-page, multicolored original aquatint etchings by Zao Wou-Ki on BFK de Rives paper. Folio (approx. 42 × 31.5 cm), loose sheets, in the original wrapper and original slipcase. One of 200 copies. - Signed in the colophon. - Zao Wou-Ki's illustrations for Rimbaud's Illuminations rank among the most important artists' books of the École de Paris after 1945. The painter, born in Beijing, had lived in Paris since 1948. In the 1950s and 1960s he developed a lyrical, atmospheric abstraction that combines the spatial conception of Chinese ink painting with the color culture of European modernism. Rimbaud's visionary prose poems are a congenial occasion for this. Zao responds to them not with narrative illustration but with free fields of color, in which light, mist and movement dissolve into luminous, flowing forms. The eight etchings are printed in aquatint and etching in several color passes, in precise register. The palette ranges from deep blue through violet and green to warm ochre and red tones. The sheets were produced in the workshop of Lacourière et Frelaut, renowned for its printing quality. Magnificent impressions, executed in luminous color fields and finely graded aquatint, in which Zao Wou-Ki's abstract formal areas appear as vibrating, atmospheric zones of light on heavy wove paper. The work is counted among Zao Wou-Ki's Informel-related prints. It is among the most sought-after portfolio works by the artist. Rimbaud's Illuminations, probably written between 1873 and 1875 and not published until 1886, are a collection of visionary prose poems and verse. They dissolve the boundaries of space, time and perception in bold, rapturous images and are regarded as a forerunner of modern poetry. - Good copy.

Startprice: 7000 €
Estimate: 8500 €

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