Lot Essay
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist, dated 11 March 1980.
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Flash of Flesh
Details
Matta (1911-2002)
Flash of Flesh
signed 'Matta' (lower left) inscribed 'FLASH OF FLESH, 1971, No. d'ARCHIVIO 71/73' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
53 x 49 in. (134.6 x 124.5 cm.)
Painted in 1971.
Flash of Flesh
signed 'Matta' (lower left) inscribed 'FLASH OF FLESH, 1971, No. d'ARCHIVIO 71/73' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
53 x 49 in. (134.6 x 124.5 cm.)
Painted in 1971.
Provenance
The artist.
Tasende Gallery, La Jolla, California.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Tasende Gallery, La Jolla, California.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Tasende Gallery, 1982, La Jolla, California, Tasende, 1982, p. 28 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Viterbo, Palazzo degli Alessandri, Matta, 3 April - 30 June, 1977.
La Jolla, California, Tasende Gallery, Roberto Matta, Paintings and Drawings, 8 November - 20 December 1980. This exhibition also travelled to Fort Fofge, Iowa, Blanden Memorial Art Gallery, Fort Dodge, Iowa, 2-30 May, 1981, no. 2 (illustrated).
La Jolla, California, Tasende Gallery, Matta, 22 March - 19 April, 1986.
La Jolla, California, Tasende Gallery, Roberto Matta, Paintings and Drawings, 8 November - 20 December 1980. This exhibition also travelled to Fort Fofge, Iowa, Blanden Memorial Art Gallery, Fort Dodge, Iowa, 2-30 May, 1981, no. 2 (illustrated).
La Jolla, California, Tasende Gallery, Matta, 22 March - 19 April, 1986.
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Virgilio Garza