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Wifredo Lam  (Cuban, Sagua La Grande 1902–1982 Paris)

Date:
1947
Medium:
Ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (24.1 x 31.8 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, 2002
Accession Number:
2002.456.33
Rights and Reproduction:
© 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

This artwork is not on display

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: L.R.: ¦Wifredo Lam¦ / 95 x (is possibly 947)

  • Provenance

    Pierre Matisse, New York (acquired from the artist, likely in 1948 - his d. 1989); his widow, Maria-Gaetana Matisse, née von Spreti, New York (1989 - her d. 2001); Pierre and Maria Gaetana Matisse Foundation (2002; gift to MMA).

  • Exhibition History

    Possibly incl. in: "Wildredo Lam, Oils on Canvas, Dawings, Gouaches, Watercolors," Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, April 20-May 8, 1948, exh. cat., not listed;

    "Wilfredo Lam: Early Works, 1942-1951, Paintings, Gouaches, Watercolors, and Drawings," Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, June 1-26, 1982, exh. cat., no. 25;

    "New York Collects: Drawings and Watercolors, 1900-1950," Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, May 20-August 29, 1999, exh. cat. with foreword by Charles E. Pierce, Jr., introduction by William M. Griswold, essays by Jack Flam and Carol Selle, no. 125, pp. 280-281, ill.;

    "Pierre Matisse passeur passionné: Un marchand d'art et ses artistes," The Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, October 20, 2005-January 14, 2006, exh. cat. by Pierre Schneider, with essays by Pierre Schneider, Paul Matisse, Sabine Rewald, Isabelle Monod-Fontaine, and Jacques Dupin, pp. 151 (ill.), 191;

    "La Colección Pierre & Maria-Gaetana Matisse en The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York / The Pierre & Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," Museo Picasso, Malaga, March 26-June 24, 2007, exh. cat. edited by Bernardo Laniado-Romero, texts by Pierre Schneider and Jonathan Pascoe Pratt, ill. p. 118-19, no. 19, pp. 172, 173.

  • References

    Sabine Rewald in The American Matisse: The Dealer, His Artists, His Collection. The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection (New York, 2009), pp. 65-67, 155, ill.

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