MATTA (1911-2002)

Lot 45
28.02.2025 10:00UTC -04:00
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$ 300 000
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ID 1380885
Lot 45 | MATTA (1911-2002)
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
MATTA (1911-2002)
Les enfants craignent les idoles, I (Children Fear Idols, I)
oil on canvas
21 x 26 1/8 in. (53.3 x 66.4 cm.)
Painted in 1943.




Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Mr. Edwin Bergman, Chicago
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 25 November 1986, lot 65
Private collection, Santo Domingo (acquired at the above sale)
Private collection, Florida
Acquired from the above by the present owner



Exhibited

Paris, René Drouin, July 1947; New York, Pierre Matisse, November 1947, Préliminaires sur Matta, n. 11.



Further Details

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Archivo Matta, signed by Germana Ferrari Matta, dated 1 June 1990 and is registered in their archives with reference number 43 / 35.
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