Lot Essay
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Germana Matta Ferrari and dated 5 February 2015.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)
La forêt
Details
Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)
La forêt
oil on canvas
57 x 78 in. (144.8 x 198.1 cm.)
Painted in 1956.
La forêt
oil on canvas
57 x 78 in. (144.8 x 198.1 cm.)
Painted in 1956.
Provenance
J.B. Urvater collection, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Paintings from the Urvater Collection, London, The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1958, no. 64, plate 15 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Leicester, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Paintings from the Urvater Collection, 13 September-4 October 1958, no. 64. This exhibition also travelled to York, City of York Art Gallery, 11 October- 1 November 1958, and London, Tate Gallery, 12 November-14 December 1958.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Matta, 5-31 May 1964, no. 22.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Matta, 5-31 May 1964, no. 22.