MATTA | GALAXIES (MYSTICISM OF INFINITY)

Auction Closed

June 30, 03:09 AM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate

MATTA

1911 - 2002

GALAXIES (MYSTICISM OF INFINITY)

Oil on canvas

36 by 28 in.

91.4 by 71.1 cm

Painted in 1940-44.

This work is included in the Archives de l'oeuvre de Matta.

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro, Chicago (acquired from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 7, 1991, lot 31)

Acquired at the above sale

Germana Ferrari, Matta, Entretiens Morphologiques, Notebook No. 1, 1936-1944, London, 1987, illustrated in color p. 161