Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
From the Distinguished Swiss-American Collection of Idda-Marie Rossi
Matta
Opening of a Grain of Rice
Auction Closed
November 14, 11:00 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
From the Distinguished Swiss-American Collection of Idda-Marie Rossi
Matta
Opening of a Grain of Rice
oil on canvas
20 by 16 in.
50.8 by 40.6 cm.
Executed in 1942.
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Hugh Chisholm Jr., New York (acquired from the above in 1942)
Claude Bernard Gallery, New York and Paris (acquired from the above)
Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, New York (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above in 1987 by the present owner
Hugh Chisholm Jr., New York (acquired from the above in 1942)
Claude Bernard Gallery, New York and Paris (acquired from the above)
Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, New York (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above in 1987 by the present owner
Henry McBride, The Flow of Art: Essays and Criticisms, New Haven 1975, p. 390
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Matta, 1942, no. 13
