Wilfredo Lam and His Contemporaries: 1938-1952. Giulio V. Blanc. Softcover. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. publisher. 1992. 176 pages. 11" x 8.5". ISBN 0810925486. Black & white, color illustrations.
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Catalogue of an exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem, including 57 plates in full color, black-and-white, and essays by Giulio V. Blanc, Julia P. Herzberg and Lowery Stokes Sims, themselves illustrated with copious black-and-white photographs and prints.
The essays are: Wifredo Lam, from Spain back to Cuba; the Havana years 1941-1952; Cuban modernism, the search for a national ethos; Lam in the context of the New York School & the School of Paris 1942-1952; chronology.
Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture.