Restauration du vieux château (Restoration of the old castle)

ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013) Restauration du vieux château (Restoration of the old castle) signed in Chinese, signed ‘ZAO’ and dated ‘52’ (lower right); signed ‘ZAO WOU-KI’, titled ‘Restauration du vieux château’, dated ‘XII. 1952.’ and inscribed ‘may’ (on the reverse); signed ‘ZAO WOU-KI’ (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 65.3 x 81.2 cm. (25 3/4 x 32 in.) Painted in 1952