Roberto Matta Interior Prints
Chilean, 1911-2002
“The function of art,” the Surrealist Roberto Matta once stated, “is to unveil the enormous economic, cultural and emotional forces that materially interact in our lives and that constitute the real space in which we live.” In his paintings, Matta sought to expose those forces through the Surrealist practice of automatism, creating work in a free-associative state intended to conjure the unconscious.
After studying architecture in his native Chile, Matta, then 22, chose to pursue the field in Paris, where he mingled with stars of the avant-garde like Gertrude Stein, Salvador Dalí and Walter Gropius. In the late 1930s, he abandoned Paris, together with his job at Le Corbusier’s studio and (for a time) his career, for modern art’s new epicenter, New York City. There, he became a colleague of art legends like Marcel Duchamp and Arshile Gorky.
Although celebrated primarily for his work as a painter, Matta was an equally talented furniture designer. His furniture pieces, like his artworks, are the stuff of dreams. The back of his totem chair, for example, is composed of smiling, cartoonish creatures stacked on top of each other. In his MAgriTTA armchair, the top half of a plush green apple sticks out of large black bowler in homage to its namesake, the Belgian Surrealist René Magritte.
But perhaps the piece that most truly embodies his artistic philosophy is his 1966 Mallite modular system: a collection of spongy, undulating sofas and lounges that can be fitted together to form a puzzle-like room divider. The work, an original edition of which is in MoMA’s permanent collection, has in recent decades been a hard-to-find collectors’ item — until 2019, when Italian design brand Paradisoterrestre issued a reedition, available through Duplex.
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Artist: Roberto Matta
L'AUTOAPOCALIPSE III
By Roberto Matta
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Roberto Sebastian Matta
"L'Autoapocalipse III"
Year: 1984.
Dimensions Height 15.8in, Width 19.7in
Etching on Fine art paper
Edition: From the edition of 150
hand signed & numbered by...
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L'AUTOAPOCALIPSE II
By Roberto Matta
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Roberto Sebastian Matta
"L'Autoapocalipse II"
Year: 1984.
Dimensions Height 15.8in, Width 19.7in
Etching on Fine art paper
Edition: From the edition of 150
hand signed & numbered by ...
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L'AUTOAPOCALIPSE I
By Roberto Matta
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Roberto Sebastian Matta
"L'Autoapocalipse I"
Year: 1984.
Dimensions Height 15.8in, Width 19.7in
Etching on Fine art paper
Edition: From the edition of 150
hand signed & numbered by t...
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Find a wide variety of authentic Roberto Matta interior prints available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Roberto Matta in etching and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 1980s and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Roberto Matta interior prints, so small editions measuring 20 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Hunt Slonem, Richard Serra, and Jonathan Moss. Roberto Matta interior prints prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $800 and tops out at $1,999, while the average work can sell for $1,999.
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