Wifredo Lam (1902-1982), Sans titre

Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)
Sans titre
signed and dated 'Wifredo Lam, 44’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 3/8 x 23 3/4 in. (72.1 x 60.3 cm.)
Painted in 1944

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Provenance
Private collection, Spain.
Art Now Gallery, Sweden.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 19 November, 1991, lot 39.
M. W. Knyper, Aspen, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 2010, lot 17.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature
L. Laurin-Lam, Wifredo Lam, Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, vol. I, 1923-1960, Lausanne, 1996, no. 44.08, p. 342 (illustrated).