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Matta (1911-2002)
Lot 305

Matta (1911-2002)

Le protecteur du désir (The Protector of Desire)

Closed1 July 2015

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GBP 35,000

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Matta (1911-2002)
Le protecteur du désir (The Protector of Desire)
signed ‘Matta’ (lower right); signed and titled ‘Le protecteur du désir Matta’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
33 1/8 x 40 3/8in. (84 x 102.6cm.)
Painted in 1968

Galleria La Medusa, Studio d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome.
Galleria Gissi, Turin.
Private Collection, Italy (acquired from the above).
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

This work is sold with a certifcate of authenticity signed by Germana Matta Ferrari.