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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [A Portrait of Helena]
(Sin Título [Un Retrato de Helena]), 1943
oil on heavy paper, laid down on board
42 x 33 inches

Private Collection, Coral Gables, FL.

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS, Volume Eighteen,
pages 32 and 33.

Provenance:
Dr. G. Barbieri Collection, Como, Italy;
Marcelo Ferrari Collection, Treviglio, Italy.

This painting was exhibited in Wifredo
Lam, au l'Eloge du Metissage (A Praise to
the Mixed Race), Villa Medici, Rome, Italy.

Exhibited at Palazzo della Permanente,
Milano, Italy and illustrated in the
corresponding exhibition catalog, page 83.

Exhibited at Galleria Bruno Tartaglia,
Rome, Italy, exhibition label attached
to reverse of frame.

The work is illustrated in Wifredo Lam:
Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work,
Volume I, 1923-1960, Acatos, Project
Director Eskil Lam, page 337, no. 43.34.

This painting is accompanied by a
Certificate of Authenticity, issued and
signed by Lou-Laurin Lam, widow of the
artist, no. 90-109, issued in Paris, France,
December 12, 1990.

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