Bidspirit auction | Wifredo Lam, Attributed: Totem

Wifredo Lam, Attributed: Totem - Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902-1982) Attributed: Totem. Gouache on paper. Signed and dated (1970) lower left. The lower right corner, verso, is marked illegibly in pencil. Unframed. This work is accompanied by an unverified certificate of authenticity from RK Galleries inc. issued 5/26/82. The internationally renowned Cuban painter Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) 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―cubism, surrealism, CoBrA. 15 x 11 inches paper.