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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 7, 2014 | Sotheby's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale | 52 | $****** - ****** | L'enchanteur (Femme Assise) |
paintings
103.2 x 82.2 cm (40.63 x 32.36 in)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
Signed Wifredo Lam and dated 1944 (lower right)
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (acquired from the artist)
Acquavella Galleries, New York Albert Loeb, Paris Acquired from the above circa 1985
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Lam Paintings, 1944 New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Wifredo Lam, Early Works 1942-1951, 1982, no. 5 Madrid, Museo Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Homenaje a Wifredo Lam 1902-1982, 1982-1983, no. 40 Brussels, Musée d'Ixelles & Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Wifredo Lam, 1902-1982, 1983, no. 66 Paris, Galerie Boulakia, Wifredo Lam, l’oiseau du possible, oeuvres de 1930 à 1978, 2004 l'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Musée Campredon - Maison René Char, Lam et les poètes, 2005, no. 30;;
Max-Pol Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, Barcelona/Paris, 1976, no. 375, illustrated p. 233 Max-Pol Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, Barcelona/Paris, 1989, no. 407, illustrated p. 253 Lou Laurin-Lam & Eskil Lam, Wifredo Lam, Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Lausanne, 1996, vol. I: 1923-1960, no. 44.06, illustrated p. 342
