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Matta

Convict the Impossible

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May 20, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Bid

50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Matta

1911 - 2002


Convict the Impossible

oil on canvas

26 by 21 in.

66 by 53.3 cm.

Executed in 1947.


This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Archives de l'Oeuvre de Matta and dated 16 March 2009.

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York

Acquavella Gallery, New York

Private Collection (acquired from the above)

Christie's, New York, 20 November 2007, lot 22 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Chicago

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Beverly Hills, Copley Galleries, Matta, 1948, no. 5, illustrated

Yokahama Museum of Art, Masson et Matta: Les deux univers, 1994, no. 23, p. 56, illustrated in color

Santiago de Chile, Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, Matta: Centenario 11.11.11., 2011-12, p. 92, illustrated in color

Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum, Roberto Matta and the Fourth Dimension, 2019, p. 107, illustrated in color

Thomas R. Monahan, Hans Ulrich Obrist, et al., Matta: On the Edge of a Dream, Milan, 2015, p. 47, illustrated in color

Paola Gribaudo, Who is Matta? Matta & Magie mage, Pisa, 2019, p. 16, illustrated in color

Dmitry Ozerkov, Matta & the Fourth Dimension, Milan, 2020, p. 107, illustrated in color