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1954 Untitled Surrealist Drawing by Wifredo Lam
Hudson, NY
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Wifredo Lam untitled surrealist drawing from 1954. A drawing in pencil. Hand-signed and dated 1954 on the lower right.
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Wifredo Lam untitled surrealist drawing from 1954. A drawing in pencil. Hand-signed and dated 1954 on the lower right.
Size: 27.5 x 18.5 in.
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Certificate of Authenticy
Wifredo Lam, (born Dec. 8, 1902, Sagua la Grande, Cuba—died Sept. 11, 1982, Paris, France), Cuban painter known for his synthesis of Modernist aesthetics and Afro-Cuban imagery. Lam was born to a Chinese immigrant father and a mother of African and Spanish descent.
Exhibitions
2012 Fire Tongues - Galerie Gmurzynska - St. Moritz, St. Moritz
Do You Know My Age? - Wissen Sie Mein Alter? - Factory-Art - Berlin, Berlin
L'Art en Guerre, France 1938-1947 - De Picasso a Dubuffet - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris
The Supersurrealism - Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö
20th Century Masters - Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg
2011 Aimé Césaire, Lam, Picasso - Nous nous sommes trouvés - Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly? - Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
2010 Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic - Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Surrealism and the Museum of Dreams - Castellani Art Museum, Lewiston, NY
2009 Bilderträume. Die Sammlung Ulla und Heiner Pietzsch - Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Picasso, Matisse, Dubuffet, Bacon... - Les modernes s’exposent au musée des Beaux-Arts - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon
Echo: Eight San Francisco Artists Respond to Surrealist Masterworks - Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Wifredo Lam - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO, Monterrey, NL (solo)
Wilfredo Lam - Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA (solo)
Wifredo Lam in North America - MAM - Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
2007 Wifredo Lam in North America - Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI (solo)
2004 Wilfredo Lam - Galerie Boulakia, Paris (solo)
1994–1995
Wifredo Lam - Drawings: Interlude Marseille - Latin American Masters, Beverly Hills, CA (solo)1992
Wifredo Lam - Gana Art Center , Seoul (solo)
1988 Wifredo Lam - K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen - am Grabbeplatz, Dusseldorf (solo)
1987 Galerie Maeght Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
1982 Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1979 Artcurial, Paris, France (solo)
1972 Galerie Tronche, Paris, France (solo)
1971 Galerie Gimpel und Hanover, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
1970 Galleria Arte Borgogna, Milan, Italy (solo)
Gimpel and Weitzenhoffer, New York, NY (solo)
1969 Galleria Bergarnini, Milan, Italy (solo)
1968 Galerie Villand et Galanis, Paris, France (solo)
1967 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
1966 Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (solo)
Musee d'Art Moderne de Ia Ville, Paris, France
1965 Museo de Arte Moderna, Havana, Cuba (solo)
Galerie Anderson, Malmo, Sweden (solo)
1964 Galleria Notizie, Turin, Italy (solo)
1963Galerie Krugier, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Galeria de la flabana, Havana, Cuba (solo)
1962 Salone Annunciata, Milan, Italy (solo)
1961 Galerie La Cour d'Ingres, Paris, France (solo)
Galleria del Canale, Venice, Italy (solo)
Galleria del Obelisco, Rome, Italy (solo)
Albert Loeb Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1959 Galleria Grattacielo, Milan, Italy (solo)
1957 Palacio de Bellas Artes, Marcaibo, Venezuela (solo)
Galerie Cahiers d'Art, Paris, France (solo)
1955 Galerie Colibri, Malmo, Sweden (solo)
University of Havana, Havana, Cuba (solo)
Museo de Deltas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela (solo)
1953 Galerie Maeght, Paris, France (solo)
1952 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK (solo)
1951 Ministry of Education, Havana, Cuba (solo)
1950 Lam: Obras Recientes 1950, Parque Central, Havana, Cuba (solo)
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1948 Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1946 The Cuban Painter Wifredo Lam, The London Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Centre d'Art, Port-an-Prince, Haiti (solo)
1945 Wifredo Lam, Galerie Pierre, Paris, France (solo)
1944–1945 Lam Paintings, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1942 Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1939 Wifredo Lam Peintures, Galerie Pierre, Paris, France (solo)
Drawings by Picasso and Gouaches by Wifredo Lam, Perls Gallery, New York, NY
1928 GalerieVilches, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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- Dimensions
- 18.5ʺW × 1ʺD × 27.5ʺH
- Styles
- Surrealism
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Period
- 1950s
- Country of Origin
- France
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Graphite
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- Excellent Excellent less
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