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Croiseur noir (Black Cruiser), Plate 3
Croiseur noir (Black Cruiser), Plate 3

Croiseur noir (Black Cruiser), Plate 3

Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902–1982)
André Pieyre de Mandiargues (French, 1909–1991)
1972
Medium/TechniqueOne from the suite of six color etchings with aquatint in color, included in supplemental suite with unbound artist's book containing the same six etchings by Wifredo Lam and text by André Pieyre de Mandiargues, in blue cloth-covered slipcase
DimensionsSheet: 32 × 26 cm (12 5/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 23.8 × 18.4 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/4 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift in memory of Antonio F. Cao
Accession number2019.66.4
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenanceOctober 13, 2017, sold by Gallery Kawamatsu, Tokyo, Japan to Bernardo Navarro Tomas, Brooklyn, NY; November 21, 2017, sold by Navarro Tomas to anonymous collector, Cambridge, MA; 2019, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 20, 2019)