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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED FAMILY COLLECTION
Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)
La Lettre, II
Details
Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)
La Lettre, II
signed and dated 'Wifredo Lam 1938' (lower right)
gouache on heavy paper laid on canvas
34 ¼ x 28 in. (87 x 71 cm.)
Painted in 1938.
La Lettre, II
signed and dated 'Wifredo Lam 1938' (lower right)
gouache on heavy paper laid on canvas
34 ¼ x 28 in. (87 x 71 cm.)
Painted in 1938.
Provenance
Artcurial, Paris.
M. Amiguet collection, Miami.
Acquired from the above, private collection.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 26 May 2004, lot 6.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
M. Amiguet collection, Miami.
Acquired from the above, private collection.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 26 May 2004, lot 6.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
L. Laurin-Lam and E. Lam, Wifredo Lam Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume I 1923-1982, Laussane, Acatos, 1996, p. 52, no. 59 (illustrated in color) and p. 258, no. 38.44 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Artcurial, Papiers de Pientres - Papiers de Sculpteurs, 21 March - 4 May 1991.
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Wifredo Lam, 29 September - 14 December 1992, p. 70 (illustrated in color). This exhibition also travelled to Barcelona, Fundación Joan Miró, Wifredo Lam, 21 January – 28 March 1993, p. 54 (illustrated in color).
Maubeuge, France, Idem arts, Première Triennale des Amériques, 25 April - 4 July 1993.
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Wifredo Lam, 29 September - 14 December 1992, p. 70 (illustrated in color). This exhibition also travelled to Barcelona, Fundación Joan Miró, Wifredo Lam, 21 January – 28 March 1993, p. 54 (illustrated in color).
Maubeuge, France, Idem arts, Première Triennale des Amériques, 25 April - 4 July 1993.
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