SURREAL LITHOGRAPHS Suite ~ WILFREDO LAM ~ Cuban 1963 Genuine SIX ORIGINALS

Description: An original suite of lithographs from Cuban Surrealist/Expressionist artist, Wifredo Lam (1902-1982). This set of lithographs titled "Suites #3" was published by Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie., Geneva in 1963, the work was printed at the press of Emile Matthieu in Zurich. These are not reproductions but original lithographs by Lam. The suite consists of six lithographs (including the cover sheet) and is comprised of five folded sheets: (1) a black and white lithograph on one side, the reverse blank; (2) a black on green lithograph on one side with a black and white lithograph on the reverse; (3) a red, green and yellow lithograph on one side and a black and white lithograph on the reverse; (4) a large onion-skin sheet with a short text in French; (5)the cover sheet, the outside being a lithograph in black on brown mottled paper, with some French text on the reverse. The lithographs measure 19 1/2 X by 12 3/4 inches open. The suite is in fine condition commensurate with age, a few chips to the outside edges, age toning radiating from the outside edges and some dog earing to the corners. Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) was born in Cuba to a Chinese father and a mother of mixed African, Indian, and European descent. In 1916, his family moved to Havana, where he attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes. During the early 1920s, he exhibited at the Salón de la Asociación de Pintores y Escultores in Havana. In 1923, Lam moved to Madrid, where he studied at the studio of Fernando Alvarez de Sotomayor, the Director of the Museo del Prado (and a teacher of Salvador Dalí). In 1929, Lam married Eva Piriz, who died of tuberculosis two years later, as did their young son. This tragic event may have contributed to the dark and brooding appearance of much of Lam’s later work. In the early 1930s, the effects of Surrealism were evident in Lam's work, as was the influence of Henri Matisse and possibly Joaquín Torres-García. In 1936, a traveling exhibition of the work of Pablo Picasso shown in Barcelona, Bilbao, and Madrid proved inspirational and he moved to Paris in 1938, where Picasso took him under his wing. During that year, he also traveled to Mexico, where he stayed with Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Lam's own multicultural heritage and his involvement with Santería, a religion rooted in African culture, would soon become integral to his work. By the late 1930s, Lam was associated with the Surrealists. He had his first solo show at the Galerie Pierre Loeb in Paris in 1939, and his work was exhibited with Picasso’s at the Perls Galleries, New York. Between 1942 and 1950, the artist exhibited regularly at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York. In 1948, he met Cobra artist Asger Jorn, who became a friend and artistic ally for many years. Lam traveled extensively until 1952, then settled for three years in Paris before resuming his travels again in 1955. In 1964, he received the Guggenheim International Award, and in 1966–67 there were multiple retrospectives of Lam’s work at the Kunsthalle Basel; the Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; the Moderna Museet, Stockholm; and the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Lam died September 11, 1982, in Paris.

Price: 450 USD

Location: Spring Hill, Florida

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