Matta
Abstract Composition , 1949 (Executed)
Lot #197 |
2021-11-17 |
Sotheby's, New York
Modern Day Auction
Category:
Works on Paper
Estimate:
USD 60,000 - 80,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N10787
Auction name: Modern Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2021-11-17
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century American Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 7/8 by 60 in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
101.3
Width In Centimeters:
152.4
Height In Inches:
39.875
Width In Inches:
60
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Edition: 8
Edition notes: Edition 7/8.
Year notes: Executed in 1949.
Provenance
Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York Badley Gallery, New York (acquired from the above circa 1955) Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above) Dannenberg Collection, New York (acquired from the above) Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above) Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York (acquired from the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1986
Exhibited
Newport, Newport Harbor Museum; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, The Interpretative Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper 1938 - 1948 , 1986-87 Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection , 2009 Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Intersecting Modernities: Latin American Art from the Brillembourg Capriles Collection , 2013, no. 25, pp. 96 & 241, illustrated in color
Catalog summary
Legendary Masters: The Brillembourg Capriles Collection Matta 1911 - 2002 Abstract Composition signed Matta (lower right); indistinctly inscribed (lower left) oil and pastel on Kraft paper 39 7/8 by 60 in. 101.3 by 152.4 cm. Executed in 1949. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Archives de l'oeuvre de Matta. Provenance Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York Badley Gallery, New York (acquired from the above circa 1955) Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above) Dannenberg Collection, New York (acquired from the above) Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above) Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York (acquired from the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1986 Exhibited Newport, Newport Harbor Museum; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, The Interpretative Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper 1938 - 1948 , 1986-87 Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection , 2009 Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Intersecting Modernities: Latin American Art from the Brillembourg Capriles Collection , 2013, no. 25, pp. 96 & 241, illustrated in color