La Hispana 1960 23 X 19 in the Manner of Roberto Sebastian Matta

Year1960

Hand SignedLower Right Black Ink 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with GlassFramed And Matted 

Purchased fromAuction House 2014 

Provenance / HistoryFrom estate of local collector who bought item in 1990. Previously hung in museum in Havana as gift from artist. I then purchased from auction house in 2014. Piece marked La Havana 1960 but can't make out the rest.. Low price reflects inability to obtain COA from Pace Gallery. They represent the artists estate but will not respond. Seller purchased work from auction house in 2014. It is from an estate of a local collector who bought the item in the 1990's. 

Story / Additional InfoAppraised by Grant Miller. Appraisal included below. 

Certificate of AuthenticityNot Authenticated 

LID77406

Roberto Sebastian Matta - Chile

Art Brokerage: Roberto Sebastian Matta Chilean Artist: b. 1911-2005. Roberto Sebastian Antonio Matta was born in Santiago, Chile in 1911. He studied architecture at the Universidad Catolica in Santiago. In 1933 Matta traveled to Paris and worked for two years as a draftsman in the Paris studio of famed architect Le Corbusier. While visiting his aunt in Madrid, he met Federico Garcia Lorca and Pablo Neruda. Neruda introduced Matta to Salvador Dali and Andre Breton. Impressed by Matta's drawings, Breton invited him to join the Surrealist group in 1937. Influenced by his association with the Surrealists and by Marcel Duchamp's theories of movement and process, Matta began to explore the realm of the subconscious and to develop an imagery of cosmic creation and destruction. Robert Matta passed away in 2005. All Matta original works must have authentication and provenance before listing. Listings wanted by Art Brokerage.