Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)

Carlos Conde, Puerto Rico (1939)
Estudio Actual, Caracas (acquired from the above, 1976)
CDS Gallery, New York

New York, Americas Society, Wifredo Lam: A Retrospective of Works on Paper, September 17-December 20, 1992, no. 16
Barcelona, Fundació "La Caixa," Wifredo Lam: Obra sobre paper, January 21-March 21, 1993, p. 82, no. 22, illustrated in color
Washington D.C., The United States Memorial Holocaust Museum; New York, The Jewish Museum; Chicago, Field Museum of Natural HIstory, Assignment: Rescue - the Story of Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committe, June 25, 1993-August 30, 1998, n.n.
New York, CDS Gallery, From White to Black, September, 2004, n.n.
New York, CDS Gallery, Latin American Works on Paper, June, 2006, n.n.
Milwaukee, Haggerty Museum of Art; Miami, Miami Art Museum; Long Beach, Museum of Latin American Art; St. Petersburg, Florida, Dali Museum, Wifredo Lam in North America, October 11, 2007-January, 10, 2009, n.n.                      

There is darkening to all edges of the sheet of paper, most likely from the mat. There are losses to the upper left and right corners. There are two darker horizontal lines across the sheet under the eyes visible in the illustration. There are also a few spots where the paper has lightened in the figure's right shoulder. Overall in good condition.
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