Lot Essay
We are grateful to Eskil Lam for his assistance cataloguing this work.
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Tête (Femme-cheval)
Details
Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)
Tête (Femme-cheval)
pastel and graphite on paper laid on board
33 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (85 x 70 cm.)
Executed in 1942.
Tête (Femme-cheval)
pastel and graphite on paper laid on board
33 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (85 x 70 cm.)
Executed in 1942.
Provenance
Anon. sale, Guy Loudmer, Paris, 19 November 1989, lot 202.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Wifredo Lam: A Retrospective of Works on Paper, New York, Americas Society, 1992, n.p., no. 33 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Wifredo Lam: obra sobre papel, Barcelona, Fundació "la Caixa", 1993, p. 122, no. 40 (illustrated).
L. Laurin-Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume I 1923-1960, Acatos, Lausanne, 1996, p. 292 no. 42.03 (illustrated).
J. Leenhardt, Lam, Paris, HC Éditions, 2009, p. 71 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Wifredo Lam: obra sobre papel, Barcelona, Fundació "la Caixa", 1993, p. 122, no. 40 (illustrated).
L. Laurin-Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume I 1923-1960, Acatos, Lausanne, 1996, p. 292 no. 42.03 (illustrated).
J. Leenhardt, Lam, Paris, HC Éditions, 2009, p. 71 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Americas Society, Wifredo Lam: A Retrospective of Works on Paper, 18 September - 20 December 1992. This exhibition also traveled to Barcelona, Fundació "la Caixa", 21 January - 28 March 1993.
Special Notice
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