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Auction archive: Lot number 6

Wifredo Lam

Latin America
3 Oct 2009
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,750
Auction archive: Lot number 6

Wifredo Lam

Latin America
3 Oct 2009
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,750
Beschreibung:

Wifredo Lam Sans Titre 1976 Lithograph in colors, on Arches paper. 23 x 18 in. (58.4 x 45.7 cm). Signed and numbered 41/75 in pencil (there also was an edition of 10 in Roman numerals), published by Editions Galilée, Paris.
Literature Dominique Tonneau-Ryckelynck 7604 Artist Bio Wifredo Lam Cuban • 1902 - 1982 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

Auction archive: Lot number 6
Auction:
Datum:
3 Oct 2009
Auction house:
Phillips
3 Oct 2009 New York 
Beschreibung:

Wifredo Lam Sans Titre 1976 Lithograph in colors, on Arches paper. 23 x 18 in. (58.4 x 45.7 cm). Signed and numbered 41/75 in pencil (there also was an edition of 10 in Roman numerals), published by Editions Galilée, Paris.
Literature Dominique Tonneau-Ryckelynck 7604 Artist Bio Wifredo Lam Cuban • 1902 - 1982 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

Auction archive: Lot number 6
Auction:
Datum:
3 Oct 2009
Auction house:
Phillips
3 Oct 2009 New York 
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