Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)

Soulève L'Ocèan

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Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)
Soulève L'Ocèan
signed 'Matta' (lower left) and indistinctly titled 'SOULEVE L'OCEAN' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39¼ x 36 in. (100 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1970.

G. Loudmer, Paris, 6 October 1990.
Galerie Thomas R. Monahan, Chicago.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Exhibition catalogue, Ferrara, Italy, Palazzo dei Diamanti, no. 27 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Viterbo, Palazzo degli Alessandri (illustrated). Exhibition catalogue, Matta: Surrealism and Beyond, Milwaukee, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, 1997, p. 60, no. 27 (illustrated in color).
Exhibition catalogue, Matta: Following the Footsteps of a Giant, Buenos Aires, Centro Cultural Borges, 1998, p. 65, no. 35 (illustrated in color).
Exhibition catalogue, Matta: Making the Invisible Visible, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, 2004, p. 131, no. 45 (illustrated in color).

Ferrara, Italy, Palazzo dei Diamanti, 1 November- 16 December 1973, no. 27.
Viterbo, Italy, Palazzo degli Alessandri, 3 April- 30 June 1977.
Milwaukee, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Matta: Surrealism and Beyond, 19 September- 30 November 1997, no. 27. This exhibition also travelled to Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, February- May 1998.
Buenos Aires, Centro Cultural Borges, Matta: Following the Footsteps of a Giant, 1998, no. 35.
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Matta: Making the Invisible Visible, 1 February- 24 May 2004, no. 45.

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This work is sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by Germana Matta Ferrari and dated 6 October 2011.

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