Matta

Lot 38: Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)

Name: Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: d664545ff3

Est: $200,000 USD - $300,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USNovember 15, 2011

Item Overview

Description

Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)
Morning on Earth
signed and titled 'Matta, MORNING ON EARTH' (on the back stretcher bar)
oil on canvas
46¼ x 68 1/8 in. (117.5 x 173 cm.)
Painted in 1953.

Artist or Maker

Matta

Exhibited

New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Roberto Matta 1937-1959, February- March 1997.
New York, Kent Gallery, All in this Together, September- November 2009.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Roberto Matta 1937-1959, New York, André Emmerich Gallery, 1997, p. 20 (illustrated in color).

Provenance

Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Newbury collection, Chicago.
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York.
Private collection, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Notes

Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)
Morning on Earth
signed and titled 'Matta, MORNING ON EARTH' (on the back stretcher bar)
oil on canvas
46¼ x 68 1/8 in. (117.5 x 173 cm.)
Painted in 1953.

Auction Details

Latin American Paintings

Christie's

November 15, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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