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Property of a Private Collector, Florida

Wifredo Lam

La gallina

Session begins in

22:56:29

May 14, 02:00 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Bid

130,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Private Collector, Florida

Wifredo Lam

1902 - 1982


La gallina

oil and charcoal on canvas

24 ¾ by 21 ¼ in.

62.9 by 54 cm.

Executed in 1955.

Alva B. Gimbel, Greenwich (acquired directly from the artist)

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)

Sotheby's, New York, 20 May 1986, lot 30 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Peru (acquired at the above sale)

Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner

Lou Laurin-Lam and Eskil Lam, Wifredo Lam. Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work. 1961-1982, vol. I, Lausanne, 2002, no. 55.25, p. 459, illustrated

Malmö, Galerie Colibri, Wifredo Lam, 1955

Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Lam, 1955