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Property from a Private collects ion

Matta

Morningness

Lot Closed

November 19, 06:17 PM GTNN

Estimate

300,000 - 400,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private collects ion

Matta

1911 - 2002

Morningness


Signed Matta, titled and dated 1953 (on the reverse) 

Oil on canvas

46 3/4 by 68 1/4 in. (118.7 by 173.4 cm)

Framed: 55 by 77 1/4 in. (139.7 by 196.2 cm)

Painted in 1953. 


This work is included in the Archivi Matta. 

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris (acquired from the above) 
Private collects ion, Paris (by descent from the above and sold: Christie's, Paris, December 1, 2009, lot 61) 
Private collects ion (acquired from the above and sold: Christie's, New York, May 25, 2016, lot 18) 
Acquired at the above sale 
Houston, Museum of Replica Handbags s Houston, House of Art, 1954, n.n.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1955 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, 1955-56, n.n.
Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1964, n.n.
Beaulieu, Abbaye de Beaulieu, Le Fantastique intérieur, 1975, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue