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The title of this work is Woman with a Bird. It is an oil painting by Wifredo Lam made in 1949 and measures 127 centimetres in height and 111 centimetres in width.

The painting mostly features a palette of soft, greyish blues and translucent, pale yellows. A long-haired woman, depicted in profile, admires a white bird perched on her hand. Her elegant form is illustrated with thin, fluid lines, while her face resembles a featureless horse head. A white cloth is draped over her thighs, and she sits on a white chair adorned with curving patterns on its backrest.

The woman’s skin is greyish blue, similar to the background. Seen in profile, the graceful lines of her left breast, sloping shoulder, and waist accentuate her voluptuous form. Her facial features lack detail, with simple lines delineating her nose, lips, chin, and a long mane. The elongated nose contributes to her horse-like appearance. Framing her cheeks are striped patterns that look like flowing ribbons, which also adorn her head like a headdress. Some of these strips are long and pointed, while others are slender and curled. Her black hair cascades past her waist, falling tenderly over the rectangular backrest of the chair. She raises her left hand, with her elbow resting on her thigh, palm facing upward, fingers spread to support a small white bird. The bird has two tufts of twisted feathers on its head resembling horns and two round eyes on its face. Its white wings form sharp triangles beside its body, echoing the smooth flow of the woman’s hair.

The artist’s signature and the year of creation are in the lower right corner of the painting.

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