Lot #1621: WIFREDO LAM - Composicion con Animales - Ink on paper

 

Artist: Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902 - 1982).
Title: "Composicion con Animales".
Medium: Ink on paper.
Date: Composed 1971.
Dimensions: Overall size: 13 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (337 x 235 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed lower left. Thin cream wove paper. Good condition; presents very well overall. Comment(s): Lam, like many of the most renowned artists of the 20th century, combined radical modern styles with the "primitive" arts of the Americas. While Diego Rivera and Joaquin Torres-Garcia drew inspiration from Pre-Columbian art, Wifredo Lam was influenced by the Afro-Cubans of the time. Lam dramatically synthesized the Surrealist and Cubist strategies while incorporating the iconography and spirit of Afro-Cuban religion. Image copyright © The Estate of Wifredo Lam. [29816-2-2400]