Lot 126: Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)

Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)
Soulève L'Ocèan
signed 'Matta' (lower left) and indistinctly titled 'SOULEVE L'OCEAN' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39¼ x 36 in. (100 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1970.

Ferrara, Italy, Palazzo dei Diamanti, 1 November- 16 December 1973, no. 27.
Viterbo, Italy, Palazzo degli Alessandri, 3 April- 30 June 1977.
Milwaukee, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Matta: Surrealism and Beyond, 19 September- 30 November 1997, no. 27. This exhibition also travelled to Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, February- May 1998.
Buenos Aires, Centro Cultural Borges, Matta: Following the Footsteps of a Giant, 1998, no. 35.
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Matta: Making the Invisible Visible, 1 February- 24 May 2004, no. 45.

Exhibition catalogue, Ferrara, Italy, Palazzo dei Diamanti, no. 27 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Viterbo, Palazzo degli Alessandri (illustrated). Exhibition catalogue, Matta: Surrealism and Beyond, Milwaukee, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, 1997, p. 60, no. 27 (illustrated in color).
Exhibition catalogue, Matta: Following the Footsteps of a Giant, Buenos Aires, Centro Cultural Borges, 1998, p. 65, no. 35 (illustrated in color).
Exhibition catalogue, Matta: Making the Invisible Visible, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, 2004, p. 131, no. 45 (illustrated in color).

G. Loudmer, Paris, 6 October 1990.
Galerie Thomas R. Monahan, Chicago.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)
Soulève L'Ocèan
signed 'Matta' (lower left) and indistinctly titled 'SOULEVE L'OCEAN' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39¼ x 36 in. (100 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1970.