LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

37.99 in. (96.50 cm.) (height) by 50.00 in. (127.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Paris, René Drouin, Expose Chez René Drouin, Preliminaires Sur Matta, July, 1947. This exhibition also travelled to New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery. New York, Museum of Modern Art, Matta, 10 September- 20 October 1957. This exhibition later travelled to Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, 15 November- 30 December 1957, and Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art, 18 January- 2 March 1958. Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Matta, Works From Chicago Collectors, 11 January- 6 March 1993, no. 8. Boston, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Matta: Making the Invisible Visible, 1 February- 24 March 2004. Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Matta on Paper: The John Todd Figi Collection, 9 October 2004- 6 February 2005.

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, Preliminaires Sur Matta, Chez René Drouin, Paris, 1947. Exhibition catalogue, Matta, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1957. G. Ferrari, Entretiens Morphologiques, Notebook No. 1 1936-1944, London, Sistan Limited, 1987, p. 183 (illustrated in color). Exhibition catalogue, Matta: Works from Chicago Collections, Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, 1993, no. 8 (illustrated in color). Exhibition catalogue, Matta: Making the Invisible Visible, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, 2004, p. 99, no. 13 (illustrated in color and also on the back cover). Exhibition catalogue, Matta on Paper: The John Todd Figi Collection, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, 2004 (illustrated in color on the back cover). G. Bonnefoi, Les années fertiles 1940-1960, Mouvements Editions, France, 1988, p. 192.

Provenance:

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Private collection, New York. B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago. Mr. and Ms. Howard Wolfson collection. Estate of Harriett Wolfson (by descent). Richard Gray Galleries, New York. Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York. J. Todd Figi collection, La Jolla. Private Collection, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner.