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Matta
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Description
- Matta
- LAS MAJAS DESNUDAS (DESSIN POUR CARMEN)
- inscribed y del carro las majas desnudas de Goya el naranjero (lower left) and el balcon para las majas y el techo de cutis los chulos negros (lower right)
- wax crayon, coloured crayon and pencil on paper
- 28 by 38.1cm., 11 by 15in.
- Executed circa 1939-41.
crayon and pencil on paper
Provenance
Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York (acquired by 1975)
Maréchal Brown, Villanova, Pennsylvania
Sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 6th December 1979, lot 120
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Maréchal Brown, Villanova, Pennsylvania
Sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 6th December 1979, lot 120
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery, Matta: A Totemic World, 1975, no. 38, illustrated in the catalogue
Literature
Germana Ferrari, Entretiens morphologiques: Notebook No. 1, 1936-1944, London, 1987, illustrated in colour p. 113
Condition
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, floating in the mount. There are artist's pinholes to all four corners. The lower edge is uneven. Apart from a spot of staining to the lower left corner and some slight undulations to the paper, this work is in good condition.
Colours: The catalogue image is fairly accurate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The Spanish title of the present work refers to La Maja Desnuda (The Nude 'Maja') – a provocative recumbent nude painted by Francisco de Goya at the end of the eighteenth century, now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. Goya included these female members of Madrid's artistic and literary society in many of his compositions. As the present inscription indicates, Matta clearly made a link between Goya's femme fatale and the eponymous protagonist of the opera Carmen for which he produced this set design.