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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [The Guardian of the Descendant] (Fresque),
(Sin Título [Guardián de los Descendientes]), (Fresco), 1951
oil on stucco
80 ¾ x 69 ¾ inches
signed and dated lower right 'LAM - 1951"

To be illustrated in the upcoming
catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.

Exhibited in Wifredo Lam: Imagining
New Worlds at the McCullen Museum of
Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill,
Minnesota, August 30, 2014 - December
14, 2014 and at the High Museum of Art,
Atlanta, Georgia, February 14, 2014 May
24, 2015, the work is illustrated in
the accompanying catalog on page 139.

Exhibited in Wifredo Lam, Centre
Pompidou, Paris, France, September 30,
2015 to February 15, 2016, and
illustrated in the accompanying
catalog on page 139.

Exhibited in Wifredo Lam, Museo
Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía,
Madrid, Spain, April 12 to August 15,
2016, and illustrated in the
corresponding catalog on page 145.

Exhibited in Wifredo Lam, Tate Modern,
London, United Kingdom, September 14,
2016 to January 8, 2017.

Illustrated in Wifredo Lam: Catalogue
Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume I,
1923-1960, Project Director: Eskil Lam,
Acatos 1996, page 438, no. 51.05.

Illustrated in the book Wifredo Lam en
las colecciones cubanas, Centro de Arte
Contemporaneo Wifredo Lam, Jose Manuel
Noceda, Havana, Cuba, 2002, page 213.

We are grateful to Monsieur Eskil Lam
for having confirmed the authenticity
of this artwork.

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