ROBERTO MATTA (1911-2002)
Par la bait-naître, from Les Manifestes du surréalisme suivis des prolégomènes à un troisième manifeste du surréalisme
drypoint with hand-coloring in crayon, on wove paper, 1946, signed and dedicated 'à Zaphire...' in pencil, a proof aside from the edition of 58, printed by Atelier 17, New York, published by Editions du Sagittaire, Paris, with wide margins, a very soft horizontal crease in the subject (primarily visible in raking light), otherwise in generally good condition, framed
Image: 5 3/8 x 3 7/8 in. (137 x 98 mm.)
Sheet: 9 x 6 in. (229 x 152 mm.)
ROBERTO MATTA (1911-2002)
Par la bait-naître, from Les Manifestes du surréalisme suivis des prolégomènes à un troisième manifeste du surréalisme
drypoint with hand-coloring in crayon, on wove paper, 1946, signed and dedicated 'à Zaphire...' in pencil, a proof aside from the edition of 58, printed by Atelier 17, New York, published by Editions du Sagittaire, Paris, with wide margins, a very soft horizontal crease in the subject (primarily visible in raking light), otherwise in generally good condition, framed
Image: 5 3/8 x 3 7/8 in. (137 x 98 mm.)
Sheet: 9 x 6 in. (229 x 152 mm.)
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