Hermes Trismegiste, 1945
Oil on canvas
63 x 50 in. [160 x 127 cm.]
Signed and dated lower right.
Provenance:
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Private Collection, Germany.
Private collection.
Gary Nader Collection
Exhibited:
1946
La Habana., Lyceum, Lam. April 11-19, 1946
1951
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery,
Spring Exhibition, May-June 1951.
1982
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Wifredo Lam.
Early Works 1942-1951,June 1-26, 1982 ill. No 1 (col.).
2002
Yocohama, The Yokohama Museum of Art, WIfredo Lam:
The Changing Image – Centennial Exhibition,
October 26, 2002-January 13, 2003, number 60. Illustrated in color, page 95.
Bibliography:
Cahiers d’art, XX-XXi, Paris, 1945-1946, p.361 (b.w.).
Max-Pol. Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, 1st Ediciones.Cercle d’Art, Paris, 1976, p.233, No 377 Ill. (b.w.)
Max-Pol. Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, 2nd Ediciones., Poligrafa, Barcelona, 1989, p.253, No 409 Ill. (b.w.)
Lou Laurin-Lam, Wifredo Lam Catalogue Raisonne of the painted work Vol I 1923-1960 Editions Acatos, Lausanne/Paris, 1996, Fig. 45.57 page 383. Ill. (b.w.)
Jaques Leenhardt, Wifredo Lam, HC Editions, Paris, 2009. Illustrated in color, page 132.
This work is accompanied by a letter from S.D.O Wifredo Lam stating tha as with many similar works of this period the original charcoal signature has faded over time.