Image

Wifredo Lam

Birds

Description

Maker

Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902-1982

Title

Birds
from the portfolio "Paroles et Peintres"

Year

1959

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

aquatint

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 27.6 x 19.7 cm (10 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Twentieth Century Graphic Arts Fund

Object Number

70.047

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Del Nuevo Mundo
The Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Latin American Art
Jun 17, 1988 – Sep 04, 1988

Related Publications

Related Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 18: Nature

 RISD Museum’s Manual 18 Celebrates Nature

In our [Chamoru] culture, inafa’maolek is our most important value. It roughly translates as “to make good for each other.” Inafa’maolek teaches us that all things are connected and related, including people, environments, and all species. Because all things are interwoven, we must always act with guinaiya and respetu, love and respect.  

–Craig Santos Perez, introduction

Manual 18 explores human interactions with the natural world, from frank awe and deep appreciation of the immediate moment to eternal questions and ancient unfinished business. This issue of Manual complements the exhibition Being and Believing in the Natural World, co-curated by Gina Borromeo, Wai Yee Chiong, and Sháńdíín Brown, on view at the RISD Museum now through May 7, 2023.

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Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902-1982
b. in Sagua la Grande, Cuba), printmaker
Birds; from the portfolio "Paroles et Peintres", 1959
Color etching and aquatint on paper
Plate: 27.6 x 19.7 cm (10 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches)
Twentieth Century Graphic Arts Fund 70.047

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