クリスティーズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (クリスティーズInstagram)「With his syncretic blend of Afro-Caribbean and Afro-based cultural traditions, and the visual language of cubism and surrealism, Wifredo Lam was like a "Trojan Horse" of modernism; his images, at once strange and familiar, injected a new world sensibility into the strongholds of European culture, by subverting the very notion of what is modern.⠀ .⠀ In 1941 after spending nearly two decades abroad, Lam returned to his homeland of Cuba. His return marked a critical turning point in his career that focused on lo cubano: "I wanted with all my heart to paint the drama of my country, but by thoroughly expressing the negro spirit, the beauty of the plastic art of the blacks." Lam's 'Femme cheval' represents exactly that.⠀ .⠀ One of the last of its kind in private hands, 'Femme cheval' is arguably the artist's most sought-after and iconic of images. An emblem of surrealist hybridity, these horse-headed women have an innate duality. Occupying a space between worlds--between the real and the imaginary, the living and the ancestral, male and female—the Femme cheval reveals itself in strides, leaving an indelible mark upon the viewer.⠀ .⠀ Wifredo Lam (1902-1982), 'Femme cheval', 1955. Estimate: $2,700,000-3,700,000.⠀ .⠀ Latin American Art — 13 November, New York⠀ .⠀ #art #artist #latinamericanart #wilfredolam #lam #newyork #auction #surrealism #abstraction」11月11日 9時34分