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Wifredo Lam <br>
Transformation </br>
(<i>Transformación</i>), 1945<br>
oil on canvas</br>
61 x 49 ¼ inches<br></br>

Signed and dated “Wifredo Lam, 1945 ” on the lower right corner.<br></br>
<i>Provenance:</i><br>
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Acquavella Modern Art, New York.
Galerie Lelong, Paris.
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M. W. Knyper collection, Aspen, sale, Sotheby’s, New York, May 27, 2010,
lot #17 (illustrated in color in the sale catalog).
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Exhibited in Lam, Recent Paintings, 1945, and Wifredo Lam, Early Works, 1942–1951, 1982,
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. <br> Illustrated as no. 11 in the exhibition catalog.
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Exhibited in Wifredo Lam, Obras desde 1938 hasta 1975, de regreso al Caribe, 1992,
Arsenal de la Puntilla, San Juan.
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Also exhibited in Wifredo Lam and His Contemporaries 1938–1952, 1992,
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.
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<i>Illustrations:</i><br>
Illustrated as no. 98 in the exhibition catalog, page 122.
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Illustrated in Lam, by M. Leiris, Fratelli Fabbri, Milan, 1970, no. 52.
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Illustrated in Wifredo Lam, by Max-Pol Fouchet, Polígrafa/Cercle d’Art, Barcelona/Paris,
1976 ed, page 233, no. 378.
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Also illustrated in Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume 1, 1923–1960, Project Director: Eskil Lam,<br> Acatos, 1996, page 368, no. 45.03.<br><br>
Illustrated in <i>Important Cuban Artworks, Volume Fifteen, Cernuda</i> Arte,<br>
Coral Gables, Florida, November 2017, pg. 28.

Wifredo Lam
Transformation
(Transformación), 1945
oil on canvas
61 x 49 ¼ inches

Signed and dated “Wifredo Lam, 1945 ” on the lower right corner.

Provenance:
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Acquavella Modern Art, New York. Galerie Lelong, Paris.
M. W. Knyper collection, Aspen, sale, Sotheby’s, New York, May 27, 2010, lot #17 (illustrated in color in the sale catalog).
Exhibited in Lam, Recent Paintings, 1945, and Wifredo Lam, Early Works, 1942–1951, 1982, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Illustrated as no. 11 in the exhibition catalog.
Exhibited in Wifredo Lam, Obras desde 1938 hasta 1975, de regreso al Caribe, 1992, Arsenal de la Puntilla, San Juan.
Also exhibited in Wifredo Lam and His Contemporaries 1938–1952, 1992, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.

Illustrations:
Illustrated as no. 98 in the exhibition catalog, page 122.
Illustrated in Lam, by M. Leiris, Fratelli Fabbri, Milan, 1970, no. 52.
Illustrated in Wifredo Lam, by Max-Pol Fouchet, Polígrafa/Cercle d’Art, Barcelona/Paris, 1976 ed, page 233, no. 378.
Also illustrated in Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume 1, 1923–1960, Project Director: Eskil Lam,
Acatos, 1996, page 368, no. 45.03.

Illustrated in Important Cuban Artworks, Volume Fifteen, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, November 2017, pg. 28.

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