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Cuban · 1902–1982 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 158 of 225 lots (70% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Wifredo Lam: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1920s11$106kSign upOil
1930s21$21.3kSign upDrawing
1940s108$176kSign upDrawing
1950s63$13kSign upDrawing
1960s3611$1.1kSign upLithograph
1970s7935$1.1kSign upLithograph
1980s93$1kSign upLithograph

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1920s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$106kSign up
Average
$106kSign up
Typical size
32 × 39.5 in (81 × 100 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1)
Subjects
—

1930s 2 works

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1 of 2
Median
$21.3kSign up
Average
$21.3kSign up
Typical size
33 × 21.5 in (84 × 54 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (1), Oil (1)
Subjects
—

1940s 10 works

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8 of 10
Median
$176kSign up
Average
$546kSign up
Typical size
28 × 27.5 in (72 × 69 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (5), Oil (4), Gouache (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1950s 6 works

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3 of 6
Median
$13kSign up
Average
$13.7kSign up
Typical size
12 × 15 in (30 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (3), Lithograph (3)
Subjects
—

1960s 36 works

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11 of 36
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$69.8kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 18 in (50 × 46 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (8), Print (other) (7), Other (6)
Subjects
Birds (1)
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1970s 79 works

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35 of 79
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$13.8kSign up
Typical size
20 × 19.5 in (51 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (27), Other (16), Oil (11)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (3), Birds (1), Cattle & animals (1)
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…and 55 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 9 works

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3 of 9
Median
$1kSign up
Average
$1kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 17.5 in (49 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (3), Etching (2), Other (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

Creation date not recorded

62 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 1 work

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1 of 1
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$11.2kSign up
Average
$11.2kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 13 in (50 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Pastel (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 13 works

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6 of 13
Median
$429Sign up
Average
$9.3kSign up
Typical size
20.5 × 20 in (52 × 51 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (4), Print (other) (3), Etching (2)
Subjects
Harbours & ports (1)
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…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 48 works

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24 of 48
Median
$868Sign up
Average
$12.8kSign up
Typical size
18.5 × 19.5 in (48 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (13), Print (other) (11), Other (8)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Abstract (2)
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…and 36 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Wifredo Lam auction results →