Wilfredo Lam

Lot Description Wifredo Lam (Cuban 1902-1982) Untitled gouache on paper laid on canvas 15¼ x 12 3/8 in. (38.7 x 31.4 cm.) Executed in 1937. Provenance George Nader Latin American Art, Santo Domingo. Acquired from the above. Literature L. Laurin-Lam and E. Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume II 1961-1982, Addendum 1923-1960, Acatos, Lausanne, 2002, p. 243, no. 37.44 (illustrated). View Lot Notes › This work is sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by Lou Laurin-Lam and dated 23 January 1996.

97 CUBAN WIFREDO LAM Untitled, 1965 pastel and charcoal on paper 27 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (70.5 x 50.2 cm) Signed and dated "Wi Lam 1965" lower right. Also signed, incribed,anddated "Wi Lam Albissola 1973" on the reverse. This work is included in the Wifredo Lam Archive under certificate number 00-24. ESTIMATE $18,000-22,000 PROVENANCE Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Art , June 1, 2000, lot 142 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Conditions of Sale The property is being sold as a collector’’’’s item to be displayed only. It has been partially deconstructed and therefore its physical integrity may be compromised. It is not intended for road use and is not being sold as a means of transportation. Certificate of Title A certificate of title may be necessary in order for the purchaser to acquire marketable title to the property and would be required if the property were to be used as a motor vehicle within the United States of America. 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WIFREDO LAM (1902-1982) Christian Guez, Jean Joubert and Dominique Agostini, Le Regard Vertical, Editions Agori-La Mata, Paris 1973, (Tonnea-Ryckelyick 7301-7306) the set of 6 signed and numbered lithographs in colors, hors-texte, title, texte in French, on Arches, copy 33 of 100 (in Roman numerals), one of fifty deluxe copies with a suite of the 6 signed and numbered lithographs in colors on Lana, numbered 33/50, the full sheets, generally in very good condition, loose (as issued), original paper wrappers with lithographic design, maroon cloth-covered portfolio box, the suite loose within paper wrappers, (lacking the justification). 27 x 20¾ in. (686 x 527 mm.) album

Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) Idoli 1972 signed and dated 1972 ; signed and dated 1972 on the reverse oil on canvas 35 by 25 cm. 13 3/4 by 9 13/16 in. This work is registered with the Wifredo Lam Archive under number 72.60. Provenance Art Club Cardinale 2, Milan Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1974 Literature Lou Laurin-Lam, Wifredo Lam, Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work Vol.II 1961-1982 , p.368, illustrated "I could have been a good painter of the School of Paris, but I felt like a snail out of its shell. What has really broadened my painting is the presence of African poetry" The artist quoted in Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisone Vol. I , Lou Larin-Lam, p.106 Wifredo Lam's influences were varied and diverse, largely as a result of his peripatetic lifestyle. Born in Cuba of mixed-race ancestry, he gave up his studies in law to move to Madrid in 1923. It was here that he discovered a love of nonconformist art, with Surrealism having a lasting impact on his work. In 1938 he decamped to Paris, where Picasso became an important influence and guide. The visual repercussions of this relationship are evident in the simplified, almost frieze-like forms of Idoli , which also includes Lam's distinctive human/animal hybrids. Picasso's passion for African sculpture is also seen here, with both artists enjoy the primitive vigour that these tribal objects portrayed. Painted during a period when Lam divided his time between France, New York and Cuba, the current lot is a prime example of Lam's mature style, its modernist aesthetic powerfully capturing a sense of archaic spirituality.

WIFREDO LAM 1902-1982 Compositions Etsning och akvatint med handkolorering, tryckt från fyra separata plåtar på ett ark, 1954, signerad, daterad och numrerad W. Lam 1954, 5/7. I. 15,5 x 10,5 cm (32,5 x 22 cm) Etching and aquatint with handcolouring printed from four plates on one sheet, 1954, signed, dated and numbered. Apparently in good condition, unexamined out of the frame.