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WIFREDO LAM Cuban 1902-1982 Gouache on Paper

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WIFREDO LAM Cuban 1902-1982 Gouache on Paper
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Gouache on paper, framed, featuring a surrealist and cubist style figure, signed and attr. Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902-1982), on the upper left corner. 11.4 x 8.1 in. (29 x 20.5 cm). A major early 20th-century painter, Wifredo Lam fused elements of Cubism and Surrealism with African culture in paintings that were exhibited alongside those of Pablo Picasso and other Cubists and Fauvists. A native Cuban, Lam hailed from Chinese, European, Indian, and mixed-African descent, and he was deeply influenced by African spiritual practices such as Santeria. PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario estate