Wifredo Lam

Cuban (Sagua la Grande, Cuba, 1902 - 1982, Paris, France)

The Oracle and the Green Bird

1947
painting | oil on burlap
Not currently on view in the museum
The Oracle and the Green Bird
42 in. x 35 in. (106.68 cm x 88.9 cm)
Acquired 1992
Collection SFMOMA
Fractional gift of Jan and Mitsuko Shrem, Clos Pegase Winery Collection
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
92.265
Keywords

abstract, figures, arms, faces


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