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Wifredo Lam

Notre nuit

Auction Closed

November 15, 10:48 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an American Estate

Wifredo Lam

1902 - 1982


Notre nuit

signed W Lam and dated 1962 (lower left)

oil on canvas

41 3/8 by 38 3/8 in.

105.1 by 97.4 cm.

Executed in 1962.

Albert Loeb Gallery, New York
D. Brach, New York (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Claude Tarnaud, "Wifredo Lam et le 'Bestiaire Ambigu,'" XXe siècle, no. 21, Paris, May 1963, p. 42, illustrated 
Edouard Jaguer, "Les armes miraculeuses de Wifredo Lam," Art International, vol. IX, no. 5, Lugano, June 1965, p. 22, illustrated
Samuel Feijóo, "Ojeada a Lam," Islas, vol. VIII, no. 1, Santa Clara, January-April 1966, p. 127, illustrated
Michel Leiris, Wifredo Lam, Milan, 1970, no. 134, illustrated
Max-Pol Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, Barcelona/Paris, 1976, no. 487, p. 239, illustrated
Max-Pol Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, Barcelona/Paris, 1989, no. 519, p. 259, illustrated
Lou Laurin-Lam & Eskil Lam, Wifredo Lam, Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume II 1961-1982, Lausanne, 2002, no. 62.15, p. 259, illustrated & no. 7, p. 25, illustrated in color