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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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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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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
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

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