Color aquatint on paper
USA, 20th Century
Roberto Matta (1911-2002) - Chilean architect and Surrealist artist
Publisher: Editions by Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago
Each one signed in pencil "Matta" lower right
Each numbered 32/50 from the edition of 50
Image dimensions: 14 3/4 x 19 3/8 in. (37.5 x 49.2 cm)
Sheet dimensions: 19 3/4 x 26 in. (50.2 x 66 cm)
Good condition
Estimate: $2,000-3,000

Detailed Description

Provenance: Editions by Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago; owned by descent, New York.

Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)

Matta was born in 1911 in Santiago de Chile. He studied architecture in Chile and later moved to Paris where he worked for Le Corbusier. He travelled extensively across Europe and became acquainted with Federico García Lorca, Salvador Dalí and André Breton. It was Breton who declared him to be a Surrealist, and Matta felt a real connection to this group of artists. Initially, he only contributed editorial on architecture in a surrealistic magazine, but later started painting himself in 1938 and quickly became a part of the great Surrealism Exhibition in Paris. To avoid the war, Matta moved to New York, where he was very quickly accepted as an artist. He returned to Europe in 1948, moving to Rome. Most of Matta’s drawings show his political influences.

Condition

Works are free of any support. Slilght discoloration around extreme margin edges. Otherwise colors are fresh and there is no evidence of folds, creases or tears. Works are in good condition.

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