Roses

ZAO WOU-KI (ZHAO WUJI, 1920-2013) Roses signed in Chinese, signed ‘ZAO’ (lower right); dated, titled and inscribed ‘Roses III 53’ (on the reverse); signed ‘ZAO WOU-KI’ (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 55 x 46 cm. (21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.) Painted in 1953