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Aquatint and etching on paper. Hand signed lower right by Roberto Matta. Hand numbered 90/100 lower left. Image size: 14.1 …
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Aquatint and etching on paper. Hand signed lower right by Roberto Matta. Hand numbered 90/100 lower left. Image size: 14.1 x 18.6 inches. Sheet size: 26 x 19.6 inches. Frame size: 35.25 x 28.75 inches. From the series "Une Saison En Enfer" (A Season In Hell) which illustrates the poem by Arthur Rimbaud. Hand signed and numbered in pencil by Roberto Matta. Co-published by Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, and Georges Visat, Paris. Ferrari 214-224.
Artwork is in overall excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Additional images are available upon request. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the Artist: Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911–2002) was known for his unique blending of Surrealism with Abstract Expressionism. Like his friend Arshile Gorky, Matta’s otherworldly paintings and prints explored the unconscious through methods of Surrealist automatism. With fluid brushstrokes of rich color the artist described nebulous spaces inhabited by floating organic and architectonic forms, as seen in the hallmark work Les Roses sont belles (1951). “I am interested only in the unknown and I work for my own astonishment,” he once declared. Born Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurran on November 11, 1911 in Santiago, Chile, he graduated with a degree in architecture from the Catholic University of Santiago in 1932 before moving to Paris to work in the studio of Le Corbusier. While in Europe, he travelled to Madrid where he was introduced to the famed Surrealist Salvador Dalí. It was Dalí who encouraged Matta to show his architectural drawings to André Breton and pursue a career in art. Now an accepted member of the Surrealist group, Matta settled in New York in 1938, began oil painting, and befriended American artists while maintaining ties with European friends like Yves Tanguy. In 1948, after the suicide of his friend Gorky, many of his American peers blamed Matta for the death, as he had slept his Gorky’s wife shortly before the tragic event. Ostracized, the artist returned to Europe, spending much of the rest of his life between Paris and Rome. He died on November 23, 2002 in Civitavecchia, Italy at the age of 91. Matta’s works are presently held in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.
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- Dimensions
- 28.75ʺW × 1ʺD × 35.25ʺH
- Styles
- Contemporary
- Surrealism
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Artist
- Roberto Matta
- Period
- 1970s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Paper
- Plexiglass
- Wood
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Red
- Condition Notes
- Artwork is in overall excellent condition. Artwork is in overall excellent condition. less
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