Wu Zuoren (17 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. crisp clean w/light shelfwear/edgewear - may have remainder mark Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hard bound with dust jacket. Housed in publishers matching slipcase, as issued. Junwu, Hua (editor) Zuoren, Wu (preface) Anzhi, Zhang (introduction) 195 pages. Illustrated throughout in full color reproducing 90 works by contemporary Chinese painters. Included are photographs and biographical information about the painters. This copy shows some wear to slipcase, otherwise fine. Interior and jacket clean, and binding sound. [Large & Heavy - Please contact for overseas shipping quote].…

4°, Leinen. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2550.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition, 1 of 250 Copies. [ART]. Robert A. Hefner III, Henry Kissinger, Han Xu, Michael Sullivan. Print by Wu Zuoren (1908-1997). Artists: Chen Yanning, Gao Hong, Mao Lizi, Liu Guibin, Li Binggang, Wang Huaiqing, et al. "Contemporary Oil Paintings from the People's Republic of China [First Edition, 1 of 250 Copies, with Print, Signed and Inscribed by Hefner to Diane Sawyer]." Oklahoma City, OK: The Hefner Galleries. Printed in the USA, 1987. First, limited edition, 1 of 250 copies. with print laid in numbered in pencil 180/250. Inscribed by Hefner, the publisher and author, to news anchor Diane Sawyer (b.1945): [To Diane Sawyer, I do hope you enjoy this limited edition and specially created serigraph from our first exhibition of oil painting from the People's Republic of China in America. One small step toward enhanced cultural relations and better understanding. With best regards, Rober Hefner III]. English language. Hardcover in orange cloth boards with gilt Chinese character same as in print on front, and lettered gilt on spine, in pictorial dust jacket with screenprint laid-in. Nonfiction art exhibition catalog with several prefatory diplomatic and art historical texts from various authors, seventy-one full-page, full-color plates of reproductions of paintings with didactic information, short interpretative text, and artist bios, as well as eighty more works of Chinese painting from the 1980s, reproduced in color, six to a page at rear. 4to. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. 31 oz. IV, 168 pp. Dust jacket shows significant shelf-wear with chipping and tears at top and bottom edges of jacket, light soiling, rubbing, and some sun-leeching to spine of jacket. Toning to edges of interior and minor indents to half-title. Print toned along edges, with very short tear to fore-edge strengthened with Japanese tissue. Ready for framing and display. Text clean. Very Good Plus book in Fair jacket with Very Good Minus print laid in. ISBN: 0961828706. OCLC: 17011963. "Catalog of an exhibition held at Harkness House, New York, April 1 to 23, 1987. All of the paintings in this catalog were reproduced through the courtesy of the Chinese Artists' Association of Beijing, People's Republic of China. Sawyer, of course, dated Kissinger, who wrote an introductory note to this catalog, and was the architect of Nixon's overture to Mao's China in 1972.". Signed and Inscribed by Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. In a slipcase. Text in English. Unpaginated, 82 plates. Minor rubbing on the dust jacket. Some edge wear. Some wear to the slipcase.

OLwd. mit OUmschl.. 2. Ed. Beijing, Zhaohua Publishing House, 1985. Folio 2°. 111 S. Mit farbigen Reproduktionen. OLwd. mit OUmschl., kleine Läsur am Umschlag, sonst guter Zustand. (s. Foto). Texte in englisch und chinesisch. Sprache: eng kleine Läsur am Umschlag, sonst guter Zustand. (s. Foto).

, 110 Pages including Preface at front & Table of Contents at rear, illustrated throughout with 73 colour plates, Chinese and English text First Edition , small public library stamp and label on front free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked, the book is in very good condition , dust-jacket in very good condition , fine dark green cloth with blindstamped titles in Chinese characters on front cover, white titles in English on spine, in grey card slipcase with printed title label to side 27 x 38 cm approx. Hardback ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Folio. Pp 109 [3]. Copiously illustrated in colour. Chinese and English text. Fine copy in dust wrapper and slip case. 2.5 kg packed, so extra postage may be required.

Paperback. Condition: Good. no dj. 82 Contemporary Chinese Painters. Book.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Ed. originale. 2 Portfolios édités en Chine en 1978 et 1979 : Une première Chemise illustrée à rabats contenant 12 planches représentant 12 peintures de Wu Zuoren. Une seconde Chemise illustrée à rabats contenant 20 planches représentant 20 peintures sélectionnées à partir de l'Exposition de peinture du Nouvel An de Pékin de 1979 (peintures de : Liu Haisu - Wu Zuoren - Wei Tianlin - Li Ruinian - Wu Guanzhong - Liu Yalan - Pang Xunrong - Xu Xingzhi - Zhaoyu - Zhan Jianjun - Yuan Yunfu - Chen Yiyang - Hao Yongming - Wang Lu - Cao Dali - Yan Zhenduo - Pang Juin - Yuan Jia - Wang Leifu). Format 26,3 x 35,6 cm. Quelques déchirures sur les chemises, planches en parfait état.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition. Hardcover, illustrated with color plates. A lighlty used near fine copy with clean contents and solid binding in a fine unflawed dust jacket which is now protected in an archival cover. Publisher's slipcase is also present and in near fine condtiton as well. A very nice copy.of this book.…

Beijing, Cultural Relics Publishing House, 1989. [9],268 pp. Num. col. & b./w. ills, incl. 1 loose folding b./w. plate. Orig. hardcover (beige cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and red decorative print on the front cover), d./j. 4to. In orig. slipcase.The Bingling Temple is a series of grottoes filled with Buddhist sculpture carved into natural caves and caverns in a canyon along the Yellow River in China. Text in Chinese. Title page, table of contents & list of plates also in het English.…

[Shanghai ca. 1971, Shanghai Shus Hua She Qu Ban].A large color woodblock print, UNUSED, NEW pristine example, sheet: 25 x 36.5 cm., print size : 16.6 x 26.5 cm. FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION ! . *** **** *** . . . A SUPERB 1971 ERA COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINT . . . MONGOLIAN HORSEMAN CHASING A WILD HORSE . . . . ** Shows a horse-mounted Mongolian with a long stick and lasso trying to capture a wild horse in the desert. . * Color woodblock print by WU Zuoren, see Guoji Shudian catalog pp.83-85 for other examples. more. With Wu's signature in block with his red cinnabar Yin Zhang seal/chop. . *** THE PUBLISHER/DISTRIBUTOR: . Most likely distributed and resold SHANGHAI SHU HUA SHE QU BAN. While this exact print is not listed in Guoji Shudian catalog, this example was probably handled by See Guoji Shudian. See below Guoji Shudian. . A fine example of :"ZHONG GUO MU BAN SHUI YIN HUA: CHINESE PROCESS OF COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINTING." . *** THE ARTIST: WU Zuoren [1908-1997]: WU was a Chinese painter. A native of Jing County, Anhui, he was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. He practiced both traditional Chinese ink painting and European oil painting. . Chronology: 1949: With the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Wu Zuoren joins the China Artists Association. . 1949-1953: Wu Zuoren becomes a professor and the first provost of China Central Academy of Fine Arts. . 1953: Wu Zuoren is elected vice president of the China Artists Association. . 1954: Wu Zuoren becomes a permanent member of the National People's Congress. . 1958: Wu Zuoren becomes the principal of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts. . 1963: Becomes famous designing Panda postage stamps. . Thereafter: Member of the China Democratic League, Chairman of the Chinese Artists Association, and a member of the standing committee of the National People's Congress. . Wu founded and endowed the "Wu Zuoren International Foundation of Fine Arts". . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** CONDITION: The work is NEW, old stock, UNUSED, as issued, a pristine example, no marks or flaws. In superb "collector's condition." Ready for framing and display. . *** REFERENCE: . ART DEPARTMENT, CHINA PUBLICATIONS CENTRE. [GUOJI SHUDIAN, Beijing]. CHINESE WOOD-BLOCK PRINTS, pp.83-85. * Barnhart, R. M. et al. Three thousand years of Chinese painting, p.384. * Robert H. Ellsworth, Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy 1800-1950, see vol. II, pp.327-329, * SULLIVAN, Michael.: MODERN CHINESE ARTISTS: A Biographical Dictionary, see pp. 124, 179. *. …

Shanghai ca.[1971], Shanghai Shu Hua She Qu Ban. A large folio size 43 x 32 cm., pristine example, artist signature & red cinnabar Yin Zhang seal/chop, woodblock print, a superb example. FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION . *** **** *** . . . A SUPERB 1971 ERA GOUACHE COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINT . . . A PAIR OF BEAUTIFUL CHINESE GOLDFISH . . . BY THE FAMOUS & EMINENT MASTER . . . WU ZUOREN . * This Deluxe broadside folio color woodblock print depicts a pair of beautiful and charming Chinese goldfish. One each in black and red colors. With the Zuoren's signature in block . *** THIS WORK ILLUSTRATED & FOUND IN THE STUDIO CATALOG: "CHINESE WOOD-BLOCK PRINTS." . Issued by Shanghai Shu Hua She Qu Ban. Consulting that studio's catalog, we see this exact print on the inside front cover. It shows the process of progressive color woodblock printing, each step for each color, until the print is completed. . The catalog cites the: "Process of woodblock printing as "Muban-Shiyinhua," which is a woodblock printing process by hand-coloring the block, so the results look like an original painting. They are remarkably nearly identical to paintings, thus the question of original painting vs. woodblock print becomes a major issue. . The final, completed print is displayed in large size. See ART DEPARTMENT book below. . Wu's color woodblock prints were distributed by Guoji Shudian, and listed in their catalog, see the inside cover for this exact print and its printing process, as well as pages 83-89 for other excellent examples of his art work. See below. . *** THE ARTIST: WU Zuoren [1908-1997]: WU was a Chinese painter. A native of Jing County, Anhui, he was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. He practiced both traditional Chinese ink painting and European oil painting. . Chronology: 1949: With the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Wu Zuoren joins the China Artists Association. . 1949-1953: Wu Zuoren becomes a professor and the first provost of China Central Academy of Fine Arts. . 1953: Wu Zuoren is elected vice president of the China Artists Association. . 1954: Wu Zuoren becomes a permanent member of the National People's Congress. . 1958: Wu Zuoren becomes the principal of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts. . 1963: Becomes famous designing Panda postage stamps. . Thereafter: Member of the China Democratic League; Chairman of the Chinese Artists Association; Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. . Wu founded and endowed the "Wu Zuoren International Foundation of Fine Arts." . *** CONDITION: The work is NEW, old stock, UNUSED, as issued, in excellent condition, with a tiny bit of the usual paper undulating quality, common of thick laid-hand-made paper. There are otherwise no marks or flaws. In pristine, "collector's condition." Ready for framing and display. . *** DELUXE GRAND SIZE: This superb color woodblock print is in Deluxe grand size, as issued. . *** COLOR PHOTOS POSTED TO OUR WEBSITE: Please review the color photos posted to our website. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** REFERENCE: . ART DEPARTMENT, CHINA PUBLICATIONS CENTRE. [GUOJI SHUDIAN, Beijing]. CHINESE WOOD-BLOCK PRINTS, [Pinyin title: ZHONGGUO MU BAN SHUI YIN HUA, see the catalog for many fine examples of his art work, from pp. 83-85 & others. . This exact color woodcut is illustrated inside the front cover of this catalog. For clarity sake, we are illustrating the cover and inside cover pages on our website as images: illus03.jpg & illus04.jpg. . NOTE: The above reference books is in stock, please view this on our website as book number: 980587. * Barnhart, R. M. et al. Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting, p.384. * Robert H. Ellsworth, Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy 1800-1950, vol.II, pp.327-329, * SULLIVAN, Michael.: MODERN CHINESE ARTISTS: A Biographical Dictionary, see pp.124,179. *.…