Property from the Estate of Howard Karshan Matta Follow Morphologie des significations... indistinctly titled "Morphologie des significations" lower center colored pencil and graphite on paper 19 3/4 x 25 1/2 in. (50.2 x 64.8 cm.) Executed in 1950, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Germana Ferrari Matta. This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by Mr. Ramuntcho Matta
Condition Report Request Condition Report Thank you for your request. The Condition Report will be sent shortly. Contact Us * Required Send me the Report Via Email Fax Contact Specialist Cancel Provenance Allan Frumkin Inc. (acquired directly from the artist) Christie's, New York, May 23, 2012, lot 197 Acquired at the above sale by the late owner Artist Bio Matta Chilean • 1911 - 2002 Follow After graduating from university in Santiago in 1935 with a degree in architecture, Roberto Matta traveled to Europe where he met André Breton the founder of the Surrealist movement in Europe. In 1938, he began painting and moved to the United States for ten years. During this period he sought to evoke the human psyche in his work, inspired by Freudian psychoanalysis. Matta's works became increasingly dominated by a socio-political element, which broke from the conventions of Surrealism. Matta was also a seminal figure in Abstract Expressionism but broke away from this too to develop a highly personal artistic vision. His mature works blend abstraction with elements of figuration and fantastically-conceived, multi-dimensional space. He was heavily involved in the social movements of the 1960s and '70s and a strong supporter of Salvador Allende's socialist government. View More Works
Property from the Estate of Howard Karshan Matta Follow Morphologie des significations... indistinctly titled "Morphologie des significations" lower center colored pencil and graphite on paper 19 3/4 x 25 1/2 in. (50.2 x 64.8 cm.) Executed in 1950, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Germana Ferrari Matta. This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by Mr. Ramuntcho Matta
Condition Report Request Condition Report Thank you for your request. The Condition Report will be sent shortly. Contact Us * Required Send me the Report Via Email Fax Contact Specialist Cancel Provenance Allan Frumkin Inc. (acquired directly from the artist) Christie's, New York, May 23, 2012, lot 197 Acquired at the above sale by the late owner Artist Bio Matta Chilean • 1911 - 2002 Follow After graduating from university in Santiago in 1935 with a degree in architecture, Roberto Matta traveled to Europe where he met André Breton the founder of the Surrealist movement in Europe. In 1938, he began painting and moved to the United States for ten years. During this period he sought to evoke the human psyche in his work, inspired by Freudian psychoanalysis. Matta's works became increasingly dominated by a socio-political element, which broke from the conventions of Surrealism. Matta was also a seminal figure in Abstract Expressionism but broke away from this too to develop a highly personal artistic vision. His mature works blend abstraction with elements of figuration and fantastically-conceived, multi-dimensional space. He was heavily involved in the social movements of the 1960s and '70s and a strong supporter of Salvador Allende's socialist government. View More Works
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