Artist Monograph

Wifredo Lam, Cuban

Cuban, 1902–1982

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	12	37.5%
Watercolor	6	18.8%
Lithography	6	18.8%
Screenprint	3	9.4%
Gouache	2	6.3%
Oil Painting	2	6.3%
Etching	1	3.1%

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 16
Print — 8
Drawing — 8

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	15	48.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	12	38.7%
Large (1–3 m)	3	9.7%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	3.2%

Range: 15.3 cm → 421.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1939	1
1942	1
1945	1
1947	2
1954	1
1964	6
1970	1
1971	1
1977	1
1978	4
1987	1
2003	2
2022	1
2024	8
2025	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 3, 3 East" — 8

Cuban Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 32 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Mother and Child Drawing Acc. 652.1939	1939	Gouache on paper	41 x 29" (104.1 x 73.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Fata Morgana Illustrated Book Acc. 118.2024.1-7	1941	Unbound proof of an illustrated book with letterpress text and seven line block illustrations with hand additions in colored pencil and annotations in ink	overall: 11 × 9" (28 × 22.9 cm) sheet (each, closed): 11 × 9" (28 × 22.9 cm) sheet (each, open): 11 × 17 11/16" (28 × 45 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
Title page from Fata Morgana Illustrated Book Acc. 118.2024.1	1941	Illustration from an unbound proof of an illustrated book with letterpress text and seven line block illustrations with hand additions in colored pencil and annotations in ink	sheet (closed): 11 × 9" (28 × 22.8 cm) sheet (open): 11 × 17 11/16" (28 × 45 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
Untitled (page 12) from Fata Morgana Illustrated Book Acc. 118.2024.3	1941	Illustration from an unbound proof of an illustrated book with letterpress text and seven line block illustrations with hand additions in colored pencil and annotations in ink	sheet (closed): 11 × 9" (28 × 22.8 cm) sheet (open): 11 × 17 11/16" (28 × 45 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
Untitled (page 15) from Fata Morgana Illustrated Book Acc. 118.2024.4	1941	Illustration from an unbound proof of an illustrated book with letterpress text and seven line block illustrations with hand additions in colored pencil and annotations in ink	sheet (closed): 11 × 9" (28 × 22.8 cm) sheet (open): 11 × 17 11/16" (28 × 45 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
Untitled (page 20) from Fata Morgana Illustrated Book Acc. 118.2024.5	1941	Illustration from an unbound proof of an illustrated book with letterpress text and seven line block illustrations with hand additions in colored pencil and annotations in ink	sheet (closed): 11 × 9" (28 × 22.8 cm) sheet (open): 11 × 17 11/16" (28 × 45 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
Untitled (page 23) from Fata Morgana Illustrated Book Acc. 118.2024.6	1941	Illustration from an unbound proof of an illustrated book with letterpress text and seven line block illustrations with hand additions in colored pencil and annotations in ink	sheet (closed): 11 × 9" (28 × 22.8 cm) sheet (open): 11 × 17 11/16" (28 × 45 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
Untitled (page 27) from Fata Morgana Illustrated Book Acc. 118.2024.7	1941	Illustration from an unbound proof of an illustrated book with letterpress text and seven line block illustrations with hand additions in colored pencil and annotations in ink	sheet (closed): 11 × 9" (28 × 22.8 cm) sheet (open): 11 × 17 11/16" (28 × 45 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
Untitled (page 9) from Fata Morgana, Untitled (page 9) from Fata Morgana Illustrated Book Acc. 118.2024.2	1941	Illustration from an unbound proof of an illustrated book with letterpress text and seven line block illustrations with hand additions in colored pencil and annotations in ink	sheet (closed): 11 × 9" (28 × 22.8 cm) sheet (open): 11 × 17 11/16" (28 × 45 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
La jungla (The Jungle) Drawing Acc. 140.1945	1942–43	Oil and charcoal on paper mounted on canvas	94 1/4 x 90 1/2" (239.4 x 229.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Satan Drawing Acc. 710.1942	1942	Gouache on paper	41 7/8 x 34" (106.4 x 86.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Moths and Candles Drawing Acc. 100.1971	1946	Pencil and ink on paper	20 1/8 x 24 1/2" (51.0 x 62.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	David Rockefeller Latin American Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 118.1978	1946	Ink and pencil on paper	12 3/8 x 9 1/2" (31.4 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Untitled Drawing Acc. 119.1978	1946	Ink and pencil on paper	12 3/8 x 9 5/8" (31.4 x 24.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Plate from Le Surréalisme en 1947 Illustrated Book Acc. 343.1947.6	1947	Lithograph from an illustrated book with eighteen lithographs, four etchings (two with aquatint), two woodcuts, one photogravure, and one ready-made object	composition (irreg.): 9 5/16 × 6 7/16" (23.6 × 16.3 cm); page: 9 7/16 × 8" (24 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Henry Church Fund
Quetzal from Brunidor Portfolio, No. 1 Print Acc. 342.1947.3	1947	Lithograph from a portfolio of five etchings (one with engraving) and two lithographs	composition: 16 9/16 x 13 1/16" (42 x 33.1 cm); sheet: 16 9/16 x 13 1/16" (42 x 33.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
Grande Composition Drawing Acc. 68.2025	1949	Oil and charcoal on paper mounted on canvas	114 1/2 × 165 3/4" (291 × 421 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired in memory of Gustavo Cisneros through the generosity of the Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Endowment Fund, Mimi Haas, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift (by exchange), Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund, The Werner H. Kramarsky Endowment Fund for Drawings, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Emilio Ambasz, Anne Dias Griffin, Agnes Gund, Richard Roth, Tony Tamer, Candace King Weir, The Dian Woodner Acquisition Endowment Fund, the Frances Keech Fund, Joshua and Filipa Fink, Ann and Graham Gund, Alice and Tom Tisch, the Richard S. Zeisler Fund, Adriana Cisneros de Griffin, Glenn D. and Susan Lowry, and Marian S. Pillsbury
Emblem (Emblèm) Print Acc. 116.1954	1952	Lithograph	composition: 12 13/16 x 18 5/16" (32.5 x 46.5 cm); sheet: 14 7/8 x 22 3/8" (37.8 x 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Le Rempart de brindilles (The Rampart of Twigs) Illustrated Book Acc. 871.1964.1-5	1953	Illustrated book with five etching and aquatints (including wrapper with watercolor and gouache additions)	page (each approx.): 8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm); overall (closed): 8 9/16 × 6 5/16 × 9/16" (21.8 × 16 × 1.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 17) from Le Rempart de brindilles (The Rampart of Twigs) Illustrated Book Acc. 871.1964.1	1953	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with five etching and aquatints (including wrapper with watercolor and gouache additions)	plate: 6 × 4 1/8" (15.3 × 10.5 cm); page: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 25) from Le Rempart de brindilles (The Rampart of Twigs) Illustrated Book Acc. 871.1964.2	1953	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with five etching and aquatints (including wrapper with watercolor and gouache additions)	plate: 6 1/8 × 4 1/8" (15.5 × 10.5 cm); page: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 33) from Le Rempart de Brindilles (The Rampart of Twigs) Illustrated Book Acc. 871.1964.3	1953	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with five etching and aquatints (including wrapper with watercolor and gouache additions)	plate: 6 1/16 × 4 3/16" (15.4 × 10.6 cm); page: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 41) from Le Rempart de brindilles (The Rampart of Twigs) Illustrated Book Acc. 871.1964.4	1953	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with five etching and aquatints (including wrapper with watercolor and gouache additions)	plate: 6 1/8 × 4 1/8" (15.5 × 10.5 cm); page: 8 3/16 × 6 1/16" (20.8 × 15.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Untitled Print Acc. 445.1977	1953	Lithograph	composition: 14 9/16 × 21 5/16" (37 × 54.2 cm); sheet: 17 3/8 × 22 13/16" (44.2 × 57.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rosenfeld (through the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books)
Wrapper from Le Rempart de brindilles (The Rampart of Twigs) Illustrated Book Acc. 871.1964.5	1953	Etching and aquatint with watercolor and gouache additions from an illustrated book with five etching and aquatints (including wrapper with watercolor and gouache additions)	plate: 8 3/16 × 12 5/8" (20.8 × 32 cm); sheet (folded): 8 9/16 × 13 3/16" (21.8 × 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Portrait of Iris Clert (Portrait d’Iris Clert) Drawing Acc. 377.2022	1961	Charcoal on paper	24 13/16 × 18 7/8" (63 × 47.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Joshua and Filipa Fink
Night (Nuit) (plate, page 19) from Feuilles éparses Illustrated Book Acc. 202.1970.2	1965	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with nine etchings (two with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint), two engravings, one aquatint, one drypoint, and one woodcut	plate: 8 1/4 × 6 7/8" (20.9 × 17.4 cm); page: 9 7/16 × 7 7/8" (24 × 20 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Donald Karshan Fund
Untitled from Flight Print Acc. 367.2003.6	1967, published 1971	Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and one screenprint	composition (irreg.): 24 1/16 × 17 7/8" (61.1 × 45.4 cm); sheet: 25 7/8 × 19 7/8" (65.7 × 50.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine Farley
Untitled (proof) from Flight Print Acc. 367.2003.1	1969, published 1971	Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and one screenprint	composition (irreg.): 25 3/16 × 18 3/4" (64 × 47.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 5/8 × 20" (65.1 × 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine Farley
Acide doux from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.52	1973	Lithograph from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts	composition: 29 3/4 x 21 3/4" (75.6 x 55.3cm); sheet: 29 1/2 x 22 3/16" (75 x 56.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Miller (by exchange)
For Jorn (Pour Jorn) Print Acc. 400.1978.1-14	1973–76	Portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 29 1/2 × 21 1/4" (75 × 54 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Asger Jorn Foundation
Untitled from For Jorn (Pour Jorn) Print Acc. 400.1978.7	1976	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition: 29 9/16 × 21 3/8" (75.1 × 54.3 cm); sheet: 29 9/16 × 21 3/8" (75.1 × 54.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Asger Jorn Foundation