La Jungla
Dublin Core
Title
La Jungla
Subject
Painting--Cuba--20th C. A.D; cubism; masks; primitivism.
Description
ENG: Jungle. Lam aimed for The Jungle to convey the haunting consequences of slavery and colonialism for his native island of Cuba. He depicted figures with crescent-shaped faces, recalling African or Pacific Islander masks, against a background of Cuban sugarcane fields.
Creator
Lam, Wifredo
Source
Material: gouache on paper, mounted on canvas.
Measurements: 239.4 x 229 cm.
Measurements: 239.4 x 229 cm.
Date
1944
Contributor
Ballester-Clemente, Irina
Rights
© 2007 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Format
Image/JPEG
Type
Still Image
Identifier
cuba_lam_1944_2
Collection
Tags
Citation
Lam, Wifredo, “La Jungla,” The Latin American Surrealist Digital Library, accessed May 17, 2025, https://lis5472.cci.fsu.edu/sp21/group4/items/show/7.