Lot 425
  • 425

WIFREDO LAM | Deux personnages, VII

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 EUR
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Description

  • Lam, Wifredo
  • Deux personnages, VII
  • signed WLam and dated 1971 (lower left); signed WLam and dated 1971 (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas
  • 60,3 x 73,2 cm; 23 3/4 x 28 7/8 in.
  • Painted in 1971.

Provenance

Galerie Françoise Tournié, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1972

Exhibited

Cajarc, Maison des arts Georges Pompidou, Autour d'une collection, le Président et Madame Georges Pompidou, 1994
Montauban, Musée Ingres, Tête à tête, 2004, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Lou Laurin-Lam, Wifredo Lam, catalogue raisonné of the painted work, 1961-1982, Lausanne, 2002, vol. II, no. 71.36, illustrated p. 355
Arts d'Afrique noire, arts premiers, no. 130, Arnouville, 2004, illustrated p. 56

Condition

The canvas is not lined. Examination under UV light reveals no evidence of retouching. There are a few minor scratches, most predominately to the lower right corner and to the upper part of the composition. There is some minor frame rubbing along the extreme edges. This work is in overall very good condition.
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