Roberto Matta
(Chilean, 1911-2002)
Contre la Terreur Scare, 1954
Sale 2051 - Post War and Contemporary Art
Sep 25, 2024
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$6,000 -
8,000
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$6,033
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Lot Description
Roberto Matta
(Chilean, 1911-2002)
Contre la Terreur Scare, 1954
crayon and graphite
signed Matta and titled (lower right)
20 x 28 inches.
Exhibited:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Marquette University, The Haggerty Museum, Matta: Surrealism and Beyond, September 19-November 30, 1997 (also traveled to Monterrey, Mexico, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, February-May 1998; Mexico City, Rufino Tamayo Museum, June-August 1998)
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Centro Cultural Borges, Following the Footsteps of a Giant, November 1998-February 1999
St. Petersburg, Russia, State Hermitage Museum, Matta & the Fourth Dimension, April 10-June 30, 2019
Literature:
Curtis L. Carter, Matta: Surrealism and Beyond, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1997
Thomas Monahan, Roberto Matta: On the Edge of a Dream, Skira, Milan, 2016
Dmitry Ozerkov, Matta & the Fourth Dimension, Skira, Milan, 2020
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Germana Matta
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