Live Auction 3745Latin American Art
Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)
Lot 156 SOLD BY THE ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN TO BENEFIT ITS ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM

Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)

La bête incendiée (also known as The Incendiary Beast "Study for On the Fringes of Dreaming")

Closed28 May 2015

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Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)
La bête incendiée (also known as The Incendiary Beast "Study for On the Fringes of Dreaming")
oil on canvas
31 3/4 x 39 1/4 in. (80.6 x 99.7 cm.)
Painted in 1957.

American Friends of the Hebrew University.
David Kluger collection, New York.
Anon. sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 26 April 1961, lot 108.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn.
Gift from the above in 1966.

Specialist note

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Germana Matta Ferrari and dated 7 April 2015.