Portrait

© Wifredo Lam

Portrait

Currently not on view

Portrait,

1962

Wifredo Lam, 1902–1982, born Sagua La Grande, Cuba; died Paris, France; active Madrid, Spain; Paris; and Havana, Cuba
2014-159

Information

Title
Portrait
Dates

1962

Maker
Wifredo Lam
Medium
Sanded watercolor and black chalk over graphite
Dimensions
40 × 33 cm (15 3/4 × 13 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael Rips, Class of 1976
Object Number
2014-159
Place Made

Europe, France, Paris

Signatures
Signed and dated in black ink, lower left: Wifredo Lam [underlined] | 1962
Culture
Cuban
Type
watercolors, drawings
Materials
graphite, black chalk, watercolor, wove paper
Techniques
sanding (abrasion)
Subject
portraits, figures (representations)

Michael Rips, Class of 1976, New York, NY (until 2014; gift to the Princeton University Art Museum).

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