1970 Masterpiece by Wifredo Lam to Lead Sotheby’s November Latin American Art Sale

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announced that the highlight of the 16 and 17 November sales of Latin American Art will be Wifredo Lam’s 1970 masterpiece Les Abalochas Dansent Pour Dhambala, dieu de l’unité (est. $1.75/2.25 million). The painting was one of Lam’s favorite works and graced the salon of his Italian home in Albissola. It leads a group of Masterworks from a Private Collection, Aspen; select paintings from which fetched $4.3 million and were 100% sold at the Latin American Art auction in May. The November sale also honors the Mexican Revolution’s bi-centennial with an exceptional group of 19th century Mexican works from the collection of Vera da Costa Autrey. Overall, the November Latin American Art sales are estimated to fetch over $20 million. Les Abalochas Dansent Pour Dhambala, dieu de l’unité comes to the market just months after Sotheby’s set a new record for Lam at auction when Sur les traces (Trans

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