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Wifredo Lam
Animal Maïs
Auction Closed
May 18, 09:51 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collector, Florida
Wifredo Lam
1902 - 1982
Animal Maïs
signed Wifredo Lam and dated 1944 (lower left)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
19⅜ by 25½ in.
49.2 by 64.8 cm.
Executed in 1944.
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above in October 1985 by the present owner
Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above in October 1985 by the present owner
Max-Pol Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, Barcelona and Paris, 1976, no. 390, p. 233, illustrated
Lucien Curzi, "Wifredo Lam: s'aboucher à l'invisible," L'Oeil, Lausanne, October 1985, p. 42, illustrated
Max-Pol Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, Barcelona and Paris, 1989, no. 422, p. 253, illustrated
Lou Laurin-Lam and Eskil Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume I, 1923-1960, Paris, 1996, no. 44.75, p. 361, illustrated
Lucien Curzi, "Wifredo Lam: s'aboucher à l'invisible," L'Oeil, Lausanne, October 1985, p. 42, illustrated
Max-Pol Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, Barcelona and Paris, 1989, no. 422, p. 253, illustrated
Lou Laurin-Lam and Eskil Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume I, 1923-1960, Paris, 1996, no. 44.75, p. 361, illustrated