Matta - Modern and Contemporary Editions New York Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | Phillips

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    Germana Ferrari 211

  • Catalogue Essay

    Authenticated on the reverse from the Visat studio in pencil:
    'Nous soussigniées, Editions Georges Visat, certifons que cette gravure a èté réhaussée au pastel de la main de matta' (this certifies that thishas been retouched with pastel by the hand of the artist himself).
    With the 'Les Editions Georges Visat & Co., etc' ink stamp below.
     

  • Artist Biography

    Matta

    Chilean • 1911 - 2002

    After graduating from university in Santiago in 1935 with a degree in architecture, Roberto Matta traveled to Europe where he met André Breton, the founder of the Surrealist movement in Europe. In 1938, he began painting and moved to the United States for ten years. During this period he sought to evoke the human psyche in his work, inspired by Freudian psychoanalysis. Matta's works became increasingly dominated by a socio-political element, which broke from the conventions of Surrealism.

    Matta was also a seminal figure in Abstract Expressionism but broke away from this too to develop a highly personal artistic vision. His mature works blend abstraction with elements of figuration and fantastically-conceived, multi-dimensional space. He was heavily involved in the social movements of the 1960s and '70s and a strong supporter of Salvador Allende's socialist government.

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Hom'mere III - L'Ergonaute: Entre hommande (Pl. VIII)

1976-77
Etching and aquatint with extensive hand-coloring in pastel, on Arches paper, with full margins (deckle on four sides),
I. 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (48.9 x 37.5 cm).;
S. 26 x 19 3/4 in. (66 x 50.2 cm).

signed in pencil, a unique proof (aside from the numbered edition of 100 and 25 hors commerce in Roman numerals), published by Editions Georges Visat, Paris, a very lightly rubbed area in the right margin, minor surface soiling and creasing, a thinned spot in the top corners on the reverse, otherwise in good condition, unframed.

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000 

Modern and Contemporary Editions

21 May 2008, 2pm
New York