1971 Surrealist Roberto Matta Original Pencil Signed Etching

Description: Entitled "Composizione # 7" this1971 etching with pale color aquatint is by the celebrated Chilean Surrealist painter and printmaker Roberto Matta (1911-2002) famous for his dynamic metaphysical figurative compositions . Measuring approx. 9" x 7" image, 17 3/4" x 14 3/4" framed it is signed in pencil lower right, numbered lower left 41/85. Unexamined out of frame, it appears to be in excellent condition with no holes, tears, stains or foxing, and handsomely framed with archival contrasting triple matting. From the FMR portfolio printed and published by Georges Visat, Paris. Catalogue Raisonne: L'Oeuvre de Matta Grave: 310,Pg 104. Works by this artist can be found in the collections of many major museums in the US including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, etc. Born in 1911 in Santiago, Chile Roberto Matta studied architecture and interior design in Chile before moving to Paris in the 1930s to study with Le Corbusier and briefly with Walter Gropius and Lazlo Maholoy Nagy in London. During this period he was introduced to Salvador Dali, who encouraged him to show surreal drawings he had been making to Andre Breton. Officially joining the Surrealist Movement in 1937 he took up painting and became an active member, moving to New York during World War II along with Breton, Tanguy, Ernst, and Masson where his work influenced the emerging generation of Abstract Expressionists.. His most characteristic works border on abstraction and evoke fantastic subjective landscapes. By the 1960's he bagan introducing political, social, and spiritual themes in his work. .An active member of the Surrealist movement from 1938 until 1947, he lived in New York with Breton, Tanguy, Ernst, Masson, etc. during World War II and his influence there was strong. His most characteristic works border on abstraction and evoke fantastic subjective landscapes. By the 1960s he began introducing political,social, and spiritual themesIn 1947 Matta was expelled from the surrealists. By the 1950s and 60s he established homes in Rome, Paris and London. He lived with his wife and son in Rome and painted only when he felt like it. The 1960s marked not only a change in his themes, but in his style. He found influence in contemporary culture while remaining close to his Surrealist roots. As Chilean painter and printmaker, Matta left Chile as a young man and did not like to be thought of as a "Latin American" artist. He was one of the few Surrealist artists to take on political, social and spiritual themes directly and without resorting to social realism

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