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Wifredo Lam

Femme-oiseau

Auction Closed

May 18, 09:51 PM GMT

Estimate

180,000 - 250,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Legendary Masters: The Brillembourg Capriles Collection

Wifredo Lam

1902 - 1982

Femme-oiseau


signed Wifredo Lam, dated 1950 and dedicated a mi amigo J.M. Aerin buen de su mal amigo (lower center)

gouache and watercolor on paper laid down on canvas 

37¼ by 29 in.

94.6 by 73.7 cm.

Executed in 1950. 

Galerie Nathalie Seroussi, Paris 
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above) 
Marta Gutiérrez Fine Arts, Miami (acquired from the above) 
Acquired from the above in 1984 by the present owner
Lou Laurin-Lam and Eskil Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume I, 1923-1960, Paris, 1996, no. 50.24, p. 427, illustrated