Lot 213
  • 213

Roberto Matta 1911-2002

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Roberto Matta
  • Violante
  • signed with artist's device (lower right)
  • charcoal and pastel on paper
  • sight: 29 7/8 by 26 3/4 in.
  • 76 by 68 cm.
  • executed in 1980, according to a gallery label on the reverse

Provenance

Tasende Gallery, La Jolla, California, acquired directly from the artist, 1980
Mr Leon Quain, New York, acquired from the above
Gift from the above to the present owner

Exhibited

La Jolla, California, Tasende Gallery; Fort Dodge, Iowa, Blanden Memorial Art Gallery, Roberto Matta, Paintings and Drawings, 1971-1979, November 8, 1980-May 30, 1981

Condition

scattered creases to sheet, scattered studio smudges, otherwise good condition, not examined out of the frame
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