Description
“Fireworks” is a hand-signed and numbered lithograph created by Chinese artist Walasse Ting and published in 1974.
Annotation
This work, created in 1974 for the Print Club of Cleveland, is exemplary of the influence of Sam Francis had on Chinese artist, Walasse Ting. With its gestural splatters of pale yellow, sun-kissed orange, and lava red, the artwork possesses energy and optimism evocative of Ting. The artwork was created on Rives paper and published by Hollander’s workshop in 1973/74. The seal is on verso. This artwork has been stored in an architectural flat file drawer in a smoke-free adult environment. All of our prints are kept in tissue and/or plastic sleeves and mailed flat to ensure safe travels. I acquired this artwork through a gallery in Connecticut.
About Walasse Ting
Walasse Ting was an accomplished painter and poet. During his lifetime he was both a friend and colleague of many of the most important avant-garde abstract painters, in both New York City and in Europe. Ting moved to Paris in 1952 and was affiliated with the members of Cobra, notably Pierre Alechinsky and Karel Appel. In 1957 Ting moved to New York City. He would become a close friend of Sam Francis. It is easy to see the influence of both artists’ on the other’s work.
Museum Collections: (several)
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
- Guggenheim Museum, NYC
- Museum of Modern Art, NYC
- Tate Modern Museum, London
