Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)

La Cour d’Ingres, Paris
Galerie Sennelier, Paris
Private Collection, Paris
Sale: Loudmer Scp., Paris, Importants Tableaux Abstraits et Contemporains, Sculptures, March 21, 1994, lot 36, illustrated in color 
Private Collection, Switzerland

Miami, Gary Nader Fine Art, Wifredo Lam, February 18–May 31, 2008 

Lou Laurin-Lam and Eskil Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume I, 1923-1960, Paris, 1996, no. 60.12, p. 484, illustrated 

This work has been lightly lined with a non-wax adhesive. The paint layer is unvarnished. Under ultraviolet light, one can see a line of retouches beginning in the upper left corner running down next to the head of the bird on the left. There is another retouch on the lower left edge, and a few spots in the center of the right edge and across the extreme top edge in the upper left. There are areas of pigment that show darkly under ultraviolet light in the lower left and lower center, but these are original to the artist. The painting should be hung in its current state. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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