Le présent éternel (Hommage à Alejandro García Caturla) (The Eternal Present [Homage to Alejandro García Caturla]), also known as The Eternal Presence

1944
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art