Plate (page 25) from Le Rempart de brindilles (The Rampart of Twigs)

Wifredo LamWW-1953-M022903

1953·Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with five etching and aquatints (including wrapper with watercolor and gouache additions)·plate: 6 1/8 × 4 1/8" (15.5 × 10.5 cm); page: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm)

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Year: 1953
Medium: Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with five etching and aquatints (including wrapper with watercolor and gouache additions)
Dimensions: plate: 6 1/8 × 4 1/8" (15.5 × 10.5 cm); page: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Wifredo Lam

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Wifredo Lam

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One of the most renowned Cuban artists of the modern era, Wifredo Lam achieved an inventive synthesis of European modernism and Afro-Caribbean symbolism.

Paris, France

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