Lot 258
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ROBERTO MATTA | Macchiabello

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Roberto Matta
  • Macchiabello
  • titled on the reverse
  • oil and acrylic on canvas
  • 71 by 66 cm. 27 7/8 by 26 in.
  • Executed in 1981.

Provenance

Galeria San Luca, Bologna
Galleria Marescalchi, Bologna
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 1986)
Sotheby's, Paris, 1 June 2011, Lot 140
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Bologna, Galeria San Luca, Sebastian Matta. January - February, 1983, p. 4, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly cooler in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Very close inspection reveals some very faint tension cracks to the extreme overturn edges, with some minute specks of associated loss, and a tiny rub mark to the top left hand corner tip. Further close inspection reveals a small speck of loss to the green pigment in the centre of the lower left quadrant. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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Catalogue Note

This work is registered in the Archives de l'Oeuvre de Matta and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.