Matta (1911-2002)
Le perturbateur
wax crayon and lead pencil on beige paper laid on board
39 ½ x 59 in. (100.3 x 149.9 cm.)
Executed in 1951.
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Sturman Gallery, Chicago. Louise Mestre Fine Arts, New York. Galerie de France, Paris. Acquired from the above (May 2011).
Exhibited
Rome, Palazzo Venezia, Sebastian Matta, 16 March-24 April 1988, no. 5 (illustrated). Bochum, Germany, Museum Bochum, Matta, Works on Paper, 1937-1988, 11 June -31 July 1988, no. 40 (illustrated in color). Paris, Galerie de France, Matta-dessins 1936-1989, 12 January-3 March 1990 (illustrated in color). Valencia, Galerie Fandos, Matta, April 1990. Nîmes, France, Galerie des Arênes, Matta-dessins, 5 October-2 December 1990. Bochum, Germany, Museum Bochum, Lateinamerika und der Surrealismus, 8 May-17 July 1993.
Lot Essay
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Germana Matta Ferrari, dated 8 October 2018.