Wifredo Lam (Cuban 1902-1982)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Wifredo Lam, 1974' (lower right and again on the reverse)
oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 27½ in. (50.5 x 69.9 cm.)
Painted in 1974.
Provenance
Galerie Maeght Lelong, Paris.
Galería Der Brücke, Buenos Aires.
Galleria Vecchiato, Padua.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
M.-P. Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, 1st ed., Barcelona/Paris, Polígrafa Cercle d'Art, 1976, p. 247, no. 612 (illustrated).
M.-P. Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, 2nd ed., Barcelona/Paris, Polígrafa/Cercle d'Art, 1989, p. 267, no. 644 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Wifredo Lam: óleos, pasteles y agua-fuertes, Buenos Aires, Galería Der Brücke, 1989 (illustrated in color).
L. Laurin-Lam and E. Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume II 1961-1982, Acatos, Lausanne, 2002, p. 456, no. 74.85 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Maeght Lelong, Wifredo Lam, 1987.
Buenos Aires, Galería Der Brücke, Wifredo Lam: óleos, pasteles y agua-fuertes, 1989.
Lot Essay
This work is sold with a photo-certificate of authenticity signed by Lou Laurin-Lam and dated Paris 17-4-90.