Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)

Private Collection, Milan
Galleria Arte Borgogna, Milan
Private Collection, New Jersey

Milan, Galleria Arte Borgogna, Wifredo Lam, June 1970
London, Gimpel Fils Gallery; New York, Gimpel Gallery; Zurich, Gimpel and Hanover Gallery, Wifredo Lam, 1971, illustrated 
Cologne, Baukunst, Der Geist des Surrealismus, Albin Brunovski, Gemälde, Druckgraphik, Wifredo Lam, Oelbilder, November 1971-January 1972

Alain Jouffroy, Lam, Paris, 1972, p. 39, illustrated in color
Max-Pol Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, Barcelona, 1976, no. 149, p. 126, illustrated in color

This work is still stretched on its original stretcher. There seems to be some slight staining, perhaps water damage, on the extreme right side above the circular composition and in the upper right corner. There are small similar spots above the element in the center. More noticeable perhaps is the slight blanching to the paint layer on the left side of the circular element. It seems that the milky surface can be corrected here. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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