Press Release
Milford, CT, USA, April 29, 2025 — Shannon’s will host their annual Spring Fine Art Auction on Thursday, May 8th at 6pm Eastern time. The auction, featuring 169 lots, will showcase several examples of quality American art, Modern art and Contemporary art. The diverse offerings will surely attract an international audience of collectors and museums.
Leading the auction is a rare early 1939 painting by Wifredo Lam, a Cuban artist who worked in Paris and collaborated with Picasso beginning in 1938. Picasso proclaimed Lam and his lost cousin and the two were lifelong friends inspiring one another’s artistic production.
The rare painting is a portrait of a woman on a red ground painted in a Modernist style. Inspired by his Afro-Cuban heritage and a mental act of decolonization, Lam used motifs from so-called “Primitive” art and his own cultural heritage. Offered at $100,000-150,000 Shannon’s is excited to offer this rare fresh-to-the-market portrait.
From another early-20th century genre, an adorable portrait of a Laughing Youngster named Patience is one of the leading lots of American Art offered at $80,000-120,000. Painted in 1915, the animated young girl is painted with a sweet mess of brown curly hair and a vibrant red dress. This painting has been in a private collection for decades and is an exciting offering this season.
To learn more, please visit www.shannons.com.
