Matta (1911-2002)
L'exampleur
signed 'Matta' (lower right)
oil on canvas
56 1/8 x 78 ¼ in. (142.6 x 198.8 cm.)
Painted in 1949.
Provenance
Peter Watson, London. Roland Penrose, London. Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York. Private collection, Aspen, Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 2010, lot 13. Acquired from the above after the sale.
Exhibited
London, Hayward Gallery / Arts Council of Great Britain, Dada and Surrealism Reviewed, 1978, no. 17.29.
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Germana Matta Ferrari, dated 27 March 1993, and is registered in the archives under no. 49/5.