Lot 187
  • 187

ROBERTO MATTA | Untitled

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Roberto Matta
  • Untitled
  • signed
  • oil on canvas
  • 81 x 100,5 cm; 31 7/8 x 39 9/16 in.
  • Executed in 1966.

Provenance

Galerie Arditti, Paris
Private Collection, Europe
Acquired from the above and thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is brighter in the original work. There are some very light faint handling marks along the extreme edges. Further very close inspection reveals fine abrasions toward the lower right quadrant, upper left quadrant and tiny media accretions towards the lower left quadrant. Close inspection under raking light also reveals hairline surface abrasions towards the center of the composition. When examined under ultraviolet light, tiny spots of in-painting fluoresce to the upper left quadrant. The work is in good original condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Madame Germana Matta Ferrari.