Property from the Estate of Howard Karshan Wifredo Lam Follow Untitled signed, inscribed and dated "Wilfredo Lam 1946 Paris" lower right ink and wash on paper 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.8 x 24.1 cm.) Executed in 1946, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Lou Laurin Lam.
Condition Report Request Condition Report Thank you for your request. The Condition Report will be sent shortly. Contact Us * Required Send me the Report Via Email Fax Contact Specialist Cancel Provenance Pierre Loeb, Paris Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris Acquired by the late owner in 2007 Exhibited Paris, Galerie Albert Loeb, Wifredo Lam oeuvres de 1938 à 1946, en hommage à Pierre Loeb , September 17 - October 12, 1974, n.p. (illustrated) Salzburg, Salzburger Landessammlungen Rupertinum, Ideal and Reality: The Image of the Body in 20th-Century Art from Bonnard to Warhol, Works on Paper , July 18 - September 27, 1998, pp. 158, 271 (illustrated, p. 158) Artist Bio Wifredo Lam Cuban • 1902 - 1982 Follow Wifredo Lam was born in Sagua la Grande, Cuba and was of mixed Chinese, European, Indian and African descent. He studied under Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor, curator for the Museo del Prado and teacher of Salvador Dalí While studying in Spain, he met Pablo Picasso who would become his mentor and friend as well as one of his great supporters, introducing him to the intelligentsia of the time. Lam significantly contributed to modernism during his prolific career as painter, printmaker, sculptor and ceramist. His works explored Cubism and expanded the inventive parameters of Surrealism while negotiating figuration and abstraction with a unique blend of Afro-Cuban and Surrealist iconography. His iconic visual language incorporated syncretic and fantastical objects and combined human-animal figures fused with lush vegetation. View More Works
Property from the Estate of Howard Karshan Wifredo Lam Follow Untitled signed, inscribed and dated "Wilfredo Lam 1946 Paris" lower right ink and wash on paper 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.8 x 24.1 cm.) Executed in 1946, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Lou Laurin Lam.
Condition Report Request Condition Report Thank you for your request. The Condition Report will be sent shortly. Contact Us * Required Send me the Report Via Email Fax Contact Specialist Cancel Provenance Pierre Loeb, Paris Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris Acquired by the late owner in 2007 Exhibited Paris, Galerie Albert Loeb, Wifredo Lam oeuvres de 1938 à 1946, en hommage à Pierre Loeb , September 17 - October 12, 1974, n.p. (illustrated) Salzburg, Salzburger Landessammlungen Rupertinum, Ideal and Reality: The Image of the Body in 20th-Century Art from Bonnard to Warhol, Works on Paper , July 18 - September 27, 1998, pp. 158, 271 (illustrated, p. 158) Artist Bio Wifredo Lam Cuban • 1902 - 1982 Follow Wifredo Lam was born in Sagua la Grande, Cuba and was of mixed Chinese, European, Indian and African descent. He studied under Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor, curator for the Museo del Prado and teacher of Salvador Dalí While studying in Spain, he met Pablo Picasso who would become his mentor and friend as well as one of his great supporters, introducing him to the intelligentsia of the time. Lam significantly contributed to modernism during his prolific career as painter, printmaker, sculptor and ceramist. His works explored Cubism and expanded the inventive parameters of Surrealism while negotiating figuration and abstraction with a unique blend of Afro-Cuban and Surrealist iconography. His iconic visual language incorporated syncretic and fantastical objects and combined human-animal figures fused with lush vegetation. View More Works
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