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MATTA (1911-2002)

Lot 475
03.03.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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ID 908293
Lot 475 | MATTA (1911-2002)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
MATTA (1911-2002)

The Adventures of a Biomorphic Couple

charcoal and white and red chalk on paper laid down on Masonite

29 x 35 1/2 in. (73.7 x 90.3 cm.)

Executed in New York in 1943-1944





Provenance

Galerie du Dragon [Max Clarac-Sérou & Cécilia Ayala], Paris.

The Mayor Gallery, London, by 2004.

Danny Katz, London, by whom acquired from the above; his sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 November 2013, lot 101.

Crane Kalman Gallery, London, by whom acquired at the above sale.

Acquired from the above by the present owner.



Literature

Exh. cat., L’Amérique Latin et le Surréalisme, Bochum, 1993, no. 40 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Nimes, Carré d’Art, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Matta: Dessins 1937 - 1989, October - December 1990.



Special Notice


Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.



Post Lot Text

Matta Archives have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Artist:Roberto Matta (1911 - 2002)
Applied technique:Charcoal
Medium:Wood
Art style:Surrealism
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