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Wifredo Lam Cuban
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Title: Le présent éternel (Hommage à Alejandro García Caturla) (The Eternal Present [Homage to Alejandro García Caturla]), also known as The Eternal Presence
Artist:
Wifredo Lam (Cuban, Sagua La Grande 1902–1982 Paris)
Date: 1944
Geography: Country of Origin Cuba
Medium: Oil and pastel over papier-mâché and chalk ground on bast fiber fabric
Dimensions: 85 1/4 × 77 1/8 in. (216.5 × 195.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Lent by Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art (66.154)
Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
![Le présent éternel (Hommage à Alejandro García Caturla) (The Eternal Present [Homage to Alejandro García Caturla]), also known as The Eternal Presence, Wifredo Lam (Cuban, Sagua La Grande 1902–1982 Paris), Oil and pastel over papier-mâché and chalk ground on bast fiber fabric](/Rodan/dist/svg/rolling-0.9s-30px.svg "© 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photography by Erik Gould, courtesy of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence")
