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A selection of twelve highly-representative works
on paper and canvas, as well as an exquisite bronze,
across three decades of production demonstrates
Wifredo Lam's distinctive modernist style.
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Left: two early works on paper.
Center wall: four exemplary oil on canvas compositions
from the 1960's and 70's, featuring Lam's best known
icons and images such as the femme cheval,
that syncretized modernism
with Afro-Cuban figuration.
Right: a 1970's bronze sculpture by the artist.
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [Figure in Flight]
(Sin Título [Figura en Vuelo]), 1947
goauche on paper
9 x 8 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [Femme Cheval]
(Sin Título [Mujer Caballo]), 1950
ink on paper
6 x 4 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [Figures]
(Sin Título [Figuras]), 1973
oil on canvas
31 1/2 x 39 1/4 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Portrait
(Retrato), 1969
oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
The Two Brothers
(Los Dos Hermanos), 1972
oil on canvas
19 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [Femme Cheval, Eleguas and Bird]
(Sin Título [Mujer Caballo, Eleguas y Pájaro]), 1973
oil on canvas
23 1/2 x 31 1/4 inches
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Left to right: The 1977 bronze sculpture, Osun;
A major 1967 canvas demonstrating the artist's
chromatic and symbolic sophistication [SOLD],
and eight exceptional works on paper
from the mid-1950's to the late 1970's.
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [Seated Figure in the Bush]
(Sin Título [Figura Sentada en el Matorral]), 1967
oil on canvas
51 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches
SOLD
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [Figures]
(Sin Título [Figuras]), 1976
mixed media and pastel laid down on board
22 x 30 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [Bird]
(Sin Título [Pájaro]), 1964
pastel on heavy paper laid down on canvas
19 x 25 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [Four Figures and Eleguas]
(Sin Título [Cuatro Figuras y Eleguas]), 1958
pastel on heavy paper laid down on board
23 1/4 x 35 1/2 inches
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Left: a large format work on paper from Lam's Italian period
Right: Three extraordinary late period works on paper,
produced during the artist's convalescence in Switzerland
during the later years of his career.
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [The Couple]
(Sin Título [La Pareja]), 1978
mixed media and pastel laid down on board
11 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [Lady with Eleguas]
(Sin Título [Dama y Eleguas]), 1978
mixed media and pastel laid down on board
11 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [The Flight]
(Sin Título [El Vuelo]), 1964
pastel on heavy paper laid down on board
26 1/2 x 40 3/4 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [The Family]
(Sin Título [La Familia]), 1978
mixed media and pastel laid down on board
11 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Osun
(Osun), 1977
bronze sculpture, number 17 of 50
16 x 3 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches
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A composition of works, populated with Wifredo Lam's
magical realist bestiary of spirits and hybrids,
including works on paper, canvases, and bronze sculpture.
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Femme Cheval and Bird
(Mujer Caballo y Pájaro), 1974
pastel on paper laid down on board
30 x 22 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
The Reality of the Birds
(La Realidad de los Pájaros), 1970
oil on canvas
29 3/4 x 36 1/2 inches
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Left to Right: A composition of four works by Wifredo Lam--
Archer, 1926; Portrait of a Lady, 1932; Woman, 1938;
and Composition from 1957, showing the artist's
trajectory towards the surrealistic and avant-garde.
On the pedestal nearest the column, an important
example of the artist's work in bronze, Yemaya.
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Archer
(Arquero), 1926
oil on canvas
51 x 35 1/2 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Portrait of a Lady
(Retrato de Seńora), 1932
oil on canvas
39 1/2 x 31 3/4 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Composition
(Composición), 1957
mixed media on heavy paper laid down on canvas
27 1/2 x 39 3/4 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Woman
(Mujer), 1938
oil on paper laid down on canvas
28 x 25 1/2 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Yemaya 29/50
(Yemayá 29/50), 1977
bronze sculpture
11 3/4 x 8 x 5 3/4 inches
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Above: A 1955 ink on paper illustration, with a dedication by the artist
Below: A one-of-a-kind ceramic plate, Sin Título [Pájaro del Sol], 1977
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [Winged Figures]
(Sin Título [Figuras Aladas]), 1955
mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board
12 1/4 x 18 3/8 inches
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Sin Título [Pájaro del Sol]
(Untitled [Bird of the Sun]), 1977
one-of-a-kind ceramic plate
20 1/4 inches diameter
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Top: A beautiful small format oil on canvas, 1975
Bottom: A silver-plated surrealist sculptural plate from the early 1960's,
when Lam's first experimentations in the medium began.
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Plate with Fish, 11 of 20
(Plato con Pescado, 11 de 20), 1962
silver plated
15 inches round
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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [Three Personnages]
(Sin Título [Tres Personajes]), 1975
oil on canvas
10 x 13 3/4 inches
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