Matta (1911-2002)
Untitled
signed 'Matta' (on the verso)
ink and colored pencils on paper
12 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (31.1 x 47.6 cm.)
Executed in 1938.
Provenance
Niveau Gallery, New York. Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris. Private collection. Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Surrealism, Tokyo, Isetan Gallery, 1983, no. 85 (illustrated and titled Landscape and dated 1939). Exhibition catalogue, Matta, Dessins 1937-1989, Nimes, Galerie des Arènes, 1990, p. 18 (illustrated in color). Exhibition catalogue, 20 Masters of the 20th Century, New York, Elkon Gallery, 1999, no. 7 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Isetan Gallery, Surrealism, 22 February-2 March, 1983, no. 85. Bochum, Germany, Museum Bochum, Matta Zeichnungen 1937-1988, 11 June-31 July 1988, no. 19. Nimes, Galerie des Arènes, Matta, Dessins 1937-1989, 6 October-2 December, 1990. New York, Elkon Gallery, 20 Masters of the 20th Century, 13 October-30 November, 1999, no. 7.
Lot Essay
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Germana Matta Ferrari and dated 1 April 2016.