ROBERTO MATTA (1911-2002) - photo 1
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ROBERTO MATTA (1911-2002)

Lot 127
05.03.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1548274
Lot 127 | ROBERTO MATTA (1911-2002)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
ROBERTO MATTA (1911-2002)
Projection des liquides des substances VI
signed, dated and inscribed 'Matta VI 38' (lower right); inscribed 'la fleur est dite périgyne' (lower left)
wax crayons and pencil on paper
49.6 x 64.9 cm. (19 ½ x 25 5/8 in.)
Executed in 1938




Provenance

Private collection.
Peter Findlay, New York, by 1975 and until at least 1987.
Galerie De France, Paris, by 1988 and until at least 1992.
Private collection, Paris.
Private collection, Paris, by whom acquired from the above in March 1995.



Literature

G. Ferrari, Matta, Entretiens morphologiques, Notebook no. 1, 1936-1944, Milan, 1987, p. 262 (illustrated p. 60).



Exhibited

Amsterdam, Galerie Robert, Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, June 1938, no. 79, p. 5.
New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery, Matta, A Totemic World, January - February 1975, no. 36 (illustrated).
New York, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, Matta: The Early Years, November - December 1981, no. 2 (illustrated).
Waltham, Massachusetts, Rose Art Museum, Matta: The First Decade, May - June 1982, no. 7, p. 41.
Bochum, Museum, Matta, Zeichnungen 1937-1988, June - July 1988, no. 9.
Paris, Galerie de France, Matta, Dessins 1936-1989, January 1990 (illustrated).
Nîmes, Galerie des Arènes, Matta, Dessins 1937-1989, October - December 1990 (illustrated).
Munich, Kunsthalle, Matta, September - November 1991, no. 55 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Vienna, Kunsthaus, November – February 1992 and Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, February - April 1992.
Paris, Galerie Malingue, Matta 1936-1944: Début d'un nouveau monde, May - July 2004, p. 86 (illustrated p. 87).



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