Lot Essay
We are grateful to Eskil Lam for his assistance cataloguing this work.
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Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)
Details
Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)
Side A) Nu
signed and dated 'W. Lam, 1926' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25½ x 31½ in. (65 x 80 cm.)
Painted in 1926.
Double-sided painting, front of Gitanilla.
Side B) Gitanilla
oil on canvas
31½ x 25½ in. (80 x 65 cm.)
Painted in 1926.
Double-sided painting, verso of Nu.
Side A) Nu
signed and dated 'W. Lam, 1926' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25½ x 31½ in. (65 x 80 cm.)
Painted in 1926.
Double-sided painting, front of Gitanilla.
Side B) Gitanilla
oil on canvas
31½ x 25½ in. (80 x 65 cm.)
Painted in 1926.
Double-sided painting, verso of Nu.
Provenance
Galería El Coleccionista, Madrid.
Property from a Private European Collector, sale, Christie's, New York, 27 May 2011, lot 94 (illustrated in color).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Property from a Private European Collector, sale, Christie's, New York, 27 May 2011, lot 94 (illustrated in color).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
L. Laurin-Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume I, 1923-1960, Acatos, Lausanne, 1996, p. 222, no. 26.05 and 26.06 (illustrated) and p. 22 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Cuenca, Spain, Nuevo Grupo Escolar, Exposición de Arte No. 66, 18 May 1927.