Live Auction 2222Latin American Sale
Christie’s roundel
Lot 22 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION 

Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)

Sketch-Etude au temps du "Le forçat de la lumière"

Closed18 November 2009

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USD 338,500

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Matta (Chilean 1911-2002)
Sketch-Etude au temps du "Le forçat de la lumière"
signed and dated 'oui est moi, Matta, NY 1942' and inscribed 'sketch-study, au temps du "le forçat de la lumière" (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
20 x 25 in. (50.8 x 63.5 cm.)
Painted in 1942.

Leo Robinson, New York.
James Thrall Soby collection, New York.
Alexander Iolas, New York.
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Acquavella Gallery, New York.

Specialist note

This work is sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by Germana Matta Ferrari and dated 24 September 2009.