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Lot 172
  • 172

Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • OISEAU DE FER (TWO WORKS)
  • inscribed with signature and numbered 366/500

  • nickled bronze and chrome plated metal
  • Height: each 10 3/8 in.
  • 24.6 cm
  • Executed circa 1970.

Provenance

Private collects ion, Italy

Literature

LAM (exhibition catalogue), Galeria Tronche, Paris, 1970, n.n., illustration of another number from this edition
Wifredo Lam: The Messenger (exhibition catalogue), Tresart, Miami, March 17-April 17, 2006, no, 12, pp.28-29, illustration of another number from this edition

 

Condition

Oxidation and rubbings to the plated metal is present to both works. Overall, both works are in very good condition.
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