The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate
MATTA | GALAXIES (MYSTICISM OF INFINITY)
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June 30, 03:09 AM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
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The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate
MATTA
1911 - 2002
GALAXIES (MYSTICISM OF INFINITY)
Oil on canvas
36 by 28 in.
91.4 by 71.1 cm
Painted in 1940-44.
This work is included in the Archives de l'oeuvre de Matta.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro, Chicago (acquired from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 7, 1991, lot 31)
Acquired at the above sale
Waltham, Massachusetts, Rose Art Museum, Matta: The First Decade, 1982, n.n.
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, The Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro Collection, 1985, no. 11, illustrated in the catalogue
Germana Ferrari, Matta, Entretiens Morphologiques, Notebook No. 1, 1936-1944, London, 1987, illustrated in color p. 161