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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 7, 2023 | Christie's | Paris | Art contemporain - Vente du soir | 8 | $****** - ****** | Damballah | |||
Nov 16, 1994 | Christie's | New York | Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture - Part I | 19 | $****** - ****** | Damballah |
paintings
125 x 153 cm (49.21 x 60.24 in)
oil on canvas
signed indistinctly ‘Wifredo Lam' (lower left)
Galerie Pierre, Paris
Collection privée, Milan
Collection Romano Lorenzin, Milan
Collection privée, Milan
Vente anonyme, Christie"s, New York, 16 novembre 1994, lot 19
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Le Surréalisme en 1947 , juin-août 1947.
Bâle, Kunsthalle (septembre-octobre); Hanovre, Kestner-Gesellschaft (décembre-janvier); Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum (janvier-mars); Stockholm, Moderna Museet (avril-mai); Bruxelles, Palais des Beaux-Arts (mai-juin), Wifredo Lam Malerei , Vic Gentils Bidhauerei , 1966-1967, No. 30.
L. Ameniel, "Wifredo Lam" in XXe siècle, Paris, juillet 1979, No. 52 (illustré en couleurs p. 81).
L. Laurin-Lam, Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume I, 1923-1960 , Lausanne, 1996, No. 47.28 (illustré p. 398).
F. Maze, Marcel Duchamp: Iconoclaste et Inoxydable, film, 2009, 23min56 - 24min02.
Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)
Damballah
signé indistinctement "Wifredo Lam" (en bas à gauche)
huile sur toile
125 x 153 cm.
Peint probablement en 1945-1946.
signed indistinctly ‘Wifredo Lam' (lower left)
oil on canvas
49 1/4 x 60 1/4 in
Painted probably in 1945-1946.
