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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 13, 2025 | Hindman Auctions | New York | Post War and Contemporary Art featuring A Vision in Color: A Curated Session by Emily Friedman | 24 | $****** - ****** | La Terre Devant |
Works on Paper
49.9 x 65.1 cm (19.63 x 25.63 in)
pencil and colored crayons on paper
signed Matta (lower left), titled (lower center) and dated Rhodes/58 (lower right)
Collection of Thomas R. Monahan, Chicago
Private Collection, Florida
Exhibited:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Haggerty Museum, Matta
Surrealism and Beyond
, Sept. November 1997
Monterrey, Mexico, Museo de Arte Comtemporaneo de Monterrey,
Matta: El Surrealismo y mas alla,
February-May 1998
Mexico City, Mexico, Rufino Tamayo Museum,
Matta:
Surrealism and Beyond
, June-August 1998
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Centro Cultural Borges,
Following the Footsteps of a Giant
, November 1998-February 1999
Boston, Massachusetts, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Matta Making the Invisible Visible February-May, 2004
St. Petersburg, Russia, State Hermitage Museum,
Matta & the Fourth Dimension
, April 10-June 30, 2019
Literature:
Curtis L. Carter, Matta:
Surrealism and Beyond
, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette
University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1997
Goizueta, Elizabeth T. Matta:
Making The Invisible Visible
, pg. 121. Boston College,
McMullen Museum of Art, 2004.
Thomas Monahan, Roberto Matta:
On the Edge of a Dream,
Skira, Milan, 2016
Dmitry Ozerkov,
Matta & the Fourth Dimension
, Skira, Milan, 2020
Roberto Matta
(Chilean, 1911-2002)
La Terre Devant, 1958
pencil and colored crayons on paper
signed Matta (lower left), titled (lower center) and dated Rhodes/58 (lower right)
19 5/8 x 25 5/8 inches.
This lot is located in Palm Beach.
