Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Wifredo Lam
Femme-oiseau
Auction Closed
May 18, 09:51 PM GMT
Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Legendary Masters: The Brillembourg Capriles Collection
Wifredo Lam
1902 - 1982
Femme-oiseau
signed Wifredo Lam, dated 1950 and dedicated a mi amigo J.M. Aerin buen de su mal amigo (lower center)
gouache and watercolor on paper laid down on canvas
37¼ by 29 in.
94.6 by 73.7 cm.
Executed in 1950.
Galerie Nathalie Seroussi, Paris
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above)
Marta Gutiérrez Fine Arts, Miami (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above in 1984 by the present owner
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above)
Marta Gutiérrez Fine Arts, Miami (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above in 1984 by the present owner
Lou Laurin-Lam and Eskil Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume I, 1923-1960, Paris, 1996, no. 50.24, p. 427, illustrated
New York, Americas Society, Wifredo Lam: A Retrospective of Works on Paper, no. 59, p. 33, illustrated
Barcelona, Fundació La Caixa, Wifredo Lam: Obra sobre paper, no. 84, p. 155, illustrated in color
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Intersecting Modernities: Latin American Art from the Brillembourg Capriles Collection, 2013, pl. 33, p. 111, illustrated in color
Barcelona, Fundació La Caixa, Wifredo Lam: Obra sobre paper, no. 84, p. 155, illustrated in color
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Intersecting Modernities: Latin American Art from the Brillembourg Capriles Collection, 2013, pl. 33, p. 111, illustrated in color