Seated Woman

Object Details

Artist

Wifredo Lam, Cuban, b. Sagua la Grande, 1902–1982

Exhibition History

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE, Washington, DC (organizer). "Surrealist Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," no. 35. TOUR: JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, Omaha, 22 March-4 May 1986; ARKANSAS ART CENTER, Little Rock, 5 July-17 August; MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Alabama, 27 September-9 November; TAMPA MUSEUM, 29 November-11 January 1987; SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS, Palm Beach, Florida, 31 January-15 March; FINE ARTS CENTER AT CHEEKWOOD, Nashville, 4 April-17 May.

MUSEO NACIONAL CENTRO DE ART REINA SOFIA, Madrid. "Wifredo Lam," 29 September-14 December 1992, ill. p. 120. TOUR: FUNDACION JOAN MIRO, Barcelona, 21 January-28 March 1993.

YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF ART, Japan. "Wifredo Lam: The Changing Image--Centennial Exhibition," 26 October 2002-13 January 2003.

HAGGERTY MUSEUM OF ART, Milwaukee. "Wifredo Lam in North America," 11 October 2007-21 January 2008, pl. 53, p. 127. TOUR: MIAMI ART MUSEUM, 8 February -18 May; MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICA, Long Beach, California, 12 June-31 August; SALVADOR DALI MUSEUM, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2 October-10 January 2009.

VANCOUVER ART GALLERY. "The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art," 28 May-25 September 2011, p. 324.

VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART, Florida. “Cuban Modernism,” 19 October 2013-26 January 2014.

HAUS DER KUNST, Munich. "Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945-1965," 14 October 2016-26 March 2017, no. 135, color ill. p. 377.

Published References

UNSIGNED. "MOLAA...Museum of Latin American Art: Quarterly Publication, Spring 08" (Long Beach, California: Museum of Latin American Art, 2008), ill. cover.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Mrs. Bernard Gimbel, 1978

1955

Accession Number

78.100

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil and charcoal on canvas

Dimensions

51 1/2 x 38 1/2 in. (130.8 x 97.7 cm)

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School

Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Record ID

hmsg_78.100

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py215f33c51-7f9b-4b56-98a9-f8da6562b331