Wifredo Lam, Un Coq pour Chango (A Rooster for Shango), formerly L’Oracle et l’oiseau vert (The Oracle and the Green Bird), 1947

Wifredo Lam
Un Coq pour Chango (A Rooster for Shango), formerly L’Oracle et l’oiseau vert (The Oracle and the Green Bird), 1947

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Artwork Info

Artwork title: Un Coq pour Chango (A Rooster for Shango), formerly L’Oracle et l’oiseau vert (The Oracle and the Green Bird)
Artist name: Wifredo Lam
Date created: 1947
Classification: painting
Medium: oil on burlap
Dimensions: 42 in. × 35 in. (106.68 cm × 88.9 cm)

Date acquired: 1992
Credit: Fractional gift from Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem
Copyright: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Permanent URL: https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/92.265
Artwork status: On view on floor 2 as part of Open Ended: Painting and Sculpture, 1900 to Now.

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