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Property from an Important Private Collection, New York
Wifredo Lam
La Fugue (La Terreur, La Peur dans la nuit)
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November 19, 06:21 PM GMT
Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection, New York
Wifredo Lam
1902 - 1982
La Fugue (La Terreur, La Peur dans la nuit)
Signed Wifredo Lam and dated 1949 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
60 3/4 by 49 1/4 in. (154.3 by 125.1 cm)
Framed: 62 1/2 by 50 3/4 in. (158.8 by 128.9 cm)
Painted in 1949.
Private Collection, Caracas (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent
"Oeuvres récentes de Wifredo Lam," in Cahiers d'art, no. XXVI, Paris, 1951, illustrated p. 188
Max-Pol Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, Barcelona & Paris, 1976, no. 443, illustrated p. 237
"Wifredo Lam," in XXe siècle, no. 52, Paris, July, 1979, illustrated p. 61
"Dialogue entre les peuples du monde," in Cultures, no. 33, Paris, 1983, illustrated in color n.p.
Max-Pol Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, Barcelona & Paris, 1989, no. 475, illustrated p. 253
Lou Laurin-Lam & Eskil Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, 1923-1960, vol. I, Paris, 1996, no. 49.19, illustrated p. 419