
Convict the Impossible
Session begins in
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
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