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Legendary Masters: The Brillembourg Capriles Collection

Matta

Study for Splitting of the Ergo

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November 15, 10:48 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

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Legendary Masters: The Brillembourg Capriles Collection

Matta

1911 - 2002


Study for Splitting of the Ergo

pencil and pastel on paper laid down on canvas

71⅛ by 91⅝ in.

180.7 by 232.7 cm.

Executed in 1945.

Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York (acquired circa 1975)
Mr. Schneyder, New York
Marta Gutiérrez Fine Arts, Miami
Acquired from the above in 1986 by the present owner
New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery, Matta: A Totemic World, 1975, no. 44
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, North Looks South: North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection, 2009, no. 10
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Intersecting Modernities: Latin American Art from the Brillembourg Capriles Collection, 2013, pl. 24, p. 94, illustrated in color