wifredo lam
Born in Sagua La Grande, Cuba to a Chinese father and a mother of African and Spanish ancestry. He is known for asserting his heritage through his art by merging Afro-Cuban influences with the aesthetics of Surrealism and the School of Paris. As a young man, he was exposed to Santería, a religion that combines African Yoruba spiritual practices with Catholicism.
Lam left Cuba in 1923 when he received a scholarship to study in Madrid. He participated in the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side before moving to Paris in 1938...
Untitled, 1979
“XXe Siecle”,dedicated to Lam
Etching and aquatint, part of a suite of 7
Signed and numbered: I-99
Catalogue #7906, page 166
Catalogue Raisonne d’oeuvre grave et litographie of W. Lam
Musee des Gravelines, France
“XXe Siecle”,dedicated to Lam
Etching and aquatint, part of a suite of 7
Signed and numbered: I-99
Catalogue #7906, page 166
Catalogue Raisonne d’oeuvre grave et litographie of W. Lam
Musee des Gravelines, France