Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)

oil on paper

Private Collection, Italy

Madrid, Museo Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo; Brussels, Musée d'Ixelles; Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Exposición Antológica "Homenaje a Wifredo Lam" 1902-1982, 1983, p. 56, no. 53, illustrated
Milan, Galleria Spazio Immagine, Wifredo Lam, 1984, no. 18, illustrated

Lou Laurin-Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume I, 1923-1960, Lausanne, 1996, Sylvio Acatos, p. 346, no. 44.23, illustrated

Please note that there is an unfinished drawing and painting of a head on the reverse of this work. There are pinholes in all four corners. There are minor tears to each corner around the pinholes, especially in the lower left. The sheet is not hinged or affixed to a mat. There are three ¼ - ½ in. horizontal tears in the center of the left edge. There is another 2 ½ in. horizontal tear at the center of the right edge. There are various creases along the left edge and along the upper and lower edges. There is rippling throughout the paper consistent with the artist's use of medium. There is a 1 ½ in. horizontal scratch in the black area at the upper center of the work. Overall in good condition.
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