Lot 90
  • 90

Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Portrait of Madame Lam
  • signed and dated 1938 lower right
  • gouache on Ingres paper

  • 24 3/4 by 18 7/8 in.
  • 62.8 by 48 cm

Provenance

Édouard Loeb, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner (1969)

Exhibited

Basel, Kunsthalle; Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Stockholm, Moderna Museet; Wifredo Lam Malerei, Vic Gentils Bildhauerei, 1966-67
Bruxelles, Palais de Beaux-Arts, Wifredo Lam, 1967

Literature

Lou Laurin-Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume I, 1923-1960, Lausanne, 1996, p. 263, no. 38.63, illustrated

Condition

The paper is taped to the mat from the reverse on all 4 edges. There is a possible 4 in. repaired tear by the lower right corner. There is mat burn visible by the lower edge. There is some overall darkening to the paper.
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