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The Antichamber of Nature (L'Antichambre de la Nature)

Date:

1966

Artist:

Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902-1982)
written by Alain Jouffroy (French, born 1928)
published by Odette Lazar-Vernet (French, 20th century)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Wifredo Lam

Title

The Antichamber of Nature (L'Antichambre de la Nature)

Place

Cuba (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1966

Medium

Book with nine color etchings on ivory wove paper, folded and loose, in slipcase

Dimensions

Slicpase: 37.2 × 23.7 × 3.5 cm (14 11/16 × 9 3/8 × 1 7/16 in.); Book: 36.3 × 23.2 × 2.6 cm (14 5/16 × 9 3/16 × 1 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg in memory of Bessie Kisloff Braude, Esq.

Reference Number

2014.475

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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