Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902-1982)Attributed: Sans Titre. Pastel on paper, signed lower right, dated 1959, unframed.

The internationally renowned Cuban painter Wifredo Lam was a precursor of a cross-cultural style of painting, infusing Western modernism with African and Caribbean symbolism. His peripatetic life brought him into contact with all the avant-garde movements of his times including cubism, surrealism. Lam never lost sight of the world around him and like his friend, Aime Cesaire, took on the struggle “to paint the drama of his country, the cause and spirit of the blacks.†He invented a highly original voice that speaks in the name of “defending human dignity†and “saluting freedom.â€
22.5 x 18" Paper.

Good aged condition: uneven edges, some smaller tears and a larger tear from left center edge, creases. Paper and adhesive remnant from hinges on reverse.
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