Property from a Private Collection
Matta
Morningness
Lot Closed
November 19, 06:17 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
Matta
1911 - 2002
Morningness
Signed Matta, titled and dated 1953 (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
46 3/4 by 68 1/4 in. (118.7 by 173.4 cm)
Framed: 55 by 77 1/4 in. (139.7 by 196.2 cm)
Painted in 1953.
This work is included in the Archivi Matta.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, Paris (by descent from the above and sold: Christie's, Paris, December 1, 2009, lot 61)
Private Collection (acquired from the above and sold: Christie's, New York, May 25, 2016, lot 18)
Acquired at the above sale
Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, Paris (by descent from the above and sold: Christie's, Paris, December 1, 2009, lot 61)
Private Collection (acquired from the above and sold: Christie's, New York, May 25, 2016, lot 18)
Acquired at the above sale
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, House of Art, 1954, n.n.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1955 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, 1955-56, n.n.
Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1964, n.n.
Beaulieu, Abbaye de Beaulieu, Le Fantastique intérieur, 1975, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1955 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, 1955-56, n.n.
Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1964, n.n.
Beaulieu, Abbaye de Beaulieu, Le Fantastique intérieur, 1975, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue