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WIFREDO LAM (1902-1982)

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£ 378 000
Auction dateClassic
28.02.2023 16:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 908083
Lot 105 | WIFREDO LAM (1902-1982)
WIFREDO LAM (1902-1982)

Untitled

signed 'Wifredo Lam' (lower right)

oil on canvas

38 7/8 x 31 5/8 in. (98.8 x 80.3 cm.)

Painted circa 1969





Provenance

Collezione d'Arte Moderna, Milan.

Freites Revilla Gallery, Boca Raton.

Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 16 May 1995, lot 169.

Private collection, Massachusetts.

Private collection, Miami.

Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 21 November 2006, lot 61.

Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco.

Acquired from the above by the present owners in 2006.



Literature

L. Laurin-Lam & E. Lam, Wilfredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume II, 1961-1982, Lausanne, 2002, no. 69.03 (illustrated p. 308).



Exhibited

San Francisco, Frey Norris Contemporary & Modern, Exultation: Sex, Death and Madness in Eight Surrealist Masterworks, 2011.



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Post Lot Text

This work is sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by Lou Laurin-Lam and dated 21 September 21 1994.
Artist:Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Cuba
Auction house category:Paintings
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