| Notes: A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket, 8vo, 10 1/2" x 8 1/2." Text in French and English; mostly in French with a brief biography in English in back. Brown paper wrappers in a glossy, black-and-white dust jacket with color illustration on front panel. Black lettering on white dust jacket spine. Covers have slight bumping along edges and tips and slight wear to head and tail of spine, else clean and intact, binding tight. Dust jacket has slight bumping along edges and tips and slight wear to head and tail of spine, else clean and intact. Pages have minuscule bumping to tips, else pristine and intact. Replete with illustrations in black-and-white and color. A monograph featuring beautiful paintings by Zao Wou-Ki(1920-2013), a Chinese-French artist associated with Abstract Expressionism and Impressionism. Zao took inspiration by several artists including Paul Klee, Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso. Zao was also a member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts. Text by Jean Laude. Back colophon: "Compose en Sabon par Photocompocenter a Bruxelles et acheve d'imprimier sur les presses de l'imprimerie Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon a Gand, il a ete tire de cet ouvrage 100 exemplaires numero tes de 1 a 100 et 12 exemplaires hors commerce numerotes de I a XII comportant une gravure en couleurs originale signee par l'artiste." Heavy and oversized items may require additional shipping. |