
Petit Jardin 小花園
1956
Zao Wou-Ki's 1956 lithograph 'Petit Jardin' (Small Garden) blends his Chinese heritage with Western abstraction to create a lyrical work on paper. The composition evokes natural forms through a sophisticated interplay of color and gesture.
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern Discoveries
August 22, 2023
Estimate: $20,000 to $40,000
Lot 6241
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Hans Hartung
French-German · b. 1904

Hartung's lyrical abstract works on paper share the same gestural energy and expressive mark making found in Petit Jardin, blending European modernism with deeply personal visual language rooted in natural forms and intuitive composition.

Pierre Soulages
French · b. 1919

Soulages worked extensively in printmaking and lithography during the mid century period, creating abstract compositions that balance expressive gesture with structured form, directly paralleling Zao Wou Ki's integration of Eastern calligraphic sensibility with Western abstraction.

Sam Francis
American · b. 1923

Francis produced vibrant lyrical abstract lithographs featuring colorful organic forms that evoke natural growth and garden like imagery, closely mirroring the colorful gestural abstraction and mid century sensibility of Petit Jardin.
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