Lot Essay
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lou Laurin-Lam dated 22 September 2004.
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La géométrie dans la tête
Details
Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)
La géométrie dans la tête
signed 'Wi Lam' (lower right); signed 'Wi Lam' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 21½in. (60 x 54.5cm.)
Painted in 1969
La géométrie dans la tête
signed 'Wi Lam' (lower right); signed 'Wi Lam' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 21½in. (60 x 54.5cm.)
Painted in 1969
Provenance
Galerie Lelong, Paris.
Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
M. Leiris, Lam, Milan 1970, no. 186 (illustrated).
M.P. Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, 1st edition, Barcelona/Paris 1976, no. 549 (illustrated, p. 243).
M.P. Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, 2nd edition, Barcelona/Paris 1989, no. 581 (illustrated, p. 263).
L. Laurin-Lam and E. Lam, Wifredo Lam, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1961-1982, vol. II, Lausanne 2002, no. 69.23 (illustrated, p. 314).
M.P. Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, 1st edition, Barcelona/Paris 1976, no. 549 (illustrated, p. 243).
M.P. Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, 2nd edition, Barcelona/Paris 1989, no. 581 (illustrated, p. 263).
L. Laurin-Lam and E. Lam, Wifredo Lam, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1961-1982, vol. II, Lausanne 2002, no. 69.23 (illustrated, p. 314).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Boulakia, Wifredo Lam, L'Oiseau du possible, May-July 2004 (illustrated pp., 30-31).
Special notice
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