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Legendary Masters: The Brillembourg Capriles Collection
Matta
Abstract Composition
Auction Closed
November 17, 10:26 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
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.
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
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
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
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