Lot Essay
We are grateful to Eskil Lam for his assistance cataloguing this work.
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Tête
Details
Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)
Tête
signed 'Wifredo Lam' (center right and again on the reverse)
oil on canvas
13 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. (34.9 x 44.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1972.
Tête
signed 'Wifredo Lam' (center right and again on the reverse)
oil on canvas
13 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. (34.9 x 44.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1972.
Provenance
Galerie Lelong, Paris.
Yaco Garcia Arte Latinoamericano, Panama (acquired from the above).
Yaco Garcia Arte Latinoamericano, Panama (acquired from the above).
Literature
M.-P. Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, 1st edition, Barcelona/Paris, Polígrafa, Cercle d'Art, 1976, p. 182, no. 232 (illustrated).
M.-P. Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, 2nd edition, Barcelona/Paris, Polígrafa, Cercle d'Art, 1989, p. 186, no. 232 (illustrated).
L. Laurin-Lam and E. Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume II, 1961-1982, Lausanne, Acatos, 2002, p. 376, no. 72.102 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Wifredo Lam in North America, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, 2007, p. 135, no. 61 (illustrated in color).
M.-P. Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, 2nd edition, Barcelona/Paris, Polígrafa, Cercle d'Art, 1989, p. 186, no. 232 (illustrated).
L. Laurin-Lam and E. Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume II, 1961-1982, Lausanne, Acatos, 2002, p. 376, no. 72.102 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Wifredo Lam in North America, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, 2007, p. 135, no. 61 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Wifredo Lam in North America, 11 October 2007-21 January 2008, no. 61. This exhibition also travelled to Miami, Miami Art Museum, 8 February-18 May 2008, Long Beach, California, Museum of Latin American Art, 12 June-31 August 2008, St. Petersburg, Florida, Salvador Dalí Museum, 2 October 2008-10 January 2009.