El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma - 6 (The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship - 6),
1976
This striking artwork by Wifredo Lam features a stylized, reddish-brown creature with arrows and spikes, set against a textured yellow background. The piece is an original lithograph, showcasing Lam's distinctive blend of surrealism and Afro-Cuban influences. It is presented in a black frame with a white mat, highlighting its vibrant imagery.
- Medium
- Original lithography in colors on Arches paper
- Dimensions
- Signed
- Yes
Notes
This piece might be titled "El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma - 6 (The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship - 6)", created in 1976
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Asger Jorn
Danish · b. 1914
Jorn's lithographs and prints feature similarly spiky, hybrid creature forms rendered in warm ochre and reddish tones, combining surrealist automatism with primal symbolic imagery that closely mirrors this piece's textured bestial figure against a vivid background.
Roberto Matta
Chilean · b. 1911
Matta's color lithographs similarly depict morphing, creature like forms with sharp angular projections and arrows set against luminous colored fields, blending surrealist mythology with Afro Caribbean spiritual symbolism in a strikingly comparable visual language.
Pierre Alechinsky
Belgian · b. 1927
Alechinsky's printed works feature expressive stylized creatures with jagged spiky outlines on richly textured warm backgrounds, sharing this lithograph's raw totemic energy and gestural surrealist figuration within a comparable printmaking tradition.
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