Roberto Matta Art
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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MATTA - 10 EROTIC ETCHINGS - New School Portfolio
By Roberto Matta
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ROBERT MATTA (Chilean 1911- 2002)
NEW SCHOOL PORTFOLIO (1943-5) (Sabatier 1-7, 4 prints not recorded by Sabatier)
Portfolio with complete set of 10 etchings plus the title page et...
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1940s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Inkjet, Etching
Ancien Victorieux je te morphose from Hom'mere I (Chaosmos)
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002)
Title: Ancien Victorieux Je te morphose from Hom'mere (Chaosmos)
Year: 1974
Medium: Etching with Aquatint on Arches, Signed and Numbered ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
No title
By Roberto Matta
Located in Paris, FR
Etching
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 4/10 EA
32.00 cm. x 24.50 cm. 12.6 in. x 9.65 in. (paper)
22.50 cm. x 16.00 cm. 8.86 in. x 6.3 in. (image)
Japan paper.
Two ...
Category
1970s Abstract Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Centre Noeuds, Complete Set of 10 etchings
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)
Centre Noeuds (Centre Knots) Portfolio, 1974
Hand-Signed
Etching, aquatint in colors/Arches paper
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Centre Noeuds, Hand-Signed Limited Edition Etching
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)
Centre Noeuds, 1974
Hand-signed
Etching and Aquatint
24 x 17.5 inches
Edition of 125
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Centre Noeuds, Hand-Signed Limited Edition Etching
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)
Centre Noeuds, 1974
Hand-signed
Etching and Aquatint
24 x 17.5 inches
Edition of 125
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Centre Noeuds, Hand-Signed Limited Edition Etching
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)
Centre Noeuds, 1974
Hand-signed
Etching and Aquatint
24 x 17.5
Edition of 125
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Centre Noeuds, Hand-Signed Limited Edition Etching
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)
Centre Noeuds, 1974
Hand-signed
Etching and Aquatint
24 x 17.5
Edition of 125
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Personnage by Roberto Matta - Abstract figuration
By Roberto Matta
Located in London, GB
Personnage by Roberto Matta (1911-2002)
Pastel and charcoal on paper
102 x 71.4 cm (40 ¹/₈ x 28 ¹/₈ inches)
Signed lower right
Provenance
Private collection, London
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
1975 Roberto Matta 'T'ou't se tient' Contemporary France Lithograph
By Roberto Matta
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.5 inches ( 31.115 x 24.13 cm )
Image Size: 12.25 x 9.5 inches ( 31.115 x 24.13 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Addi...
Category
1970s Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
By Roberto Matta
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Roberto Matta. "Untitled" is a surrealist painting, oil on canvas in a palette of greens and blacks by Latin American artist Roberto Matta. The artwork is unsigned.
Muc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Centre Noeuds, Hand-Signed Limited Edition Etching
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)
Centre Noeuds, 1974
Hand-signed
Etching and Aquatint
24 x 17.5
Edition of 125
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Centre Noeuds, Hand-Signed Limited Edition Etching
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)
Centre Noeuds, 1974
Hand-signed
Etching and Aquatint
26 × 20 in
66 × 50.8 cm
Edition of 125
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Centre Noeuds, Hand-Signed Limited Edition Etching
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)
Centre Noeuds, 1974
Hand-signed
Etching and Aquatint
24 x 17.5
Edition of 125
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Centre Noeuds, Hand-Signed Limited Edition Etching
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)
Centre Noeuds, 1974
Hand-signed
Etching and Aquatint
26 × 20 in
66 × 50.8 cm
Edition of 125
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Centre Noeuds, Hand-Signed Limited Edition Etching
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)
Centre Noeuds, 1974
Hand-signed
Etching and Aquatint
24 x 17.5
Edition of 125
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
L'epreuve
By Roberto Matta
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Roberto Matta. "L'epreuve" is a surrealist painting, oil on canvas in palette of grays, greens, and yellows by Latin American artist Roberto Matta. It is signed in the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Centre Noeuds (Plate #2), 1974 Limited Edition Etching & Aquatint, Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Mount Clemens, MI
Roberto Matta (1912-2002) Chilean-born French Surrealist/Abstract Expressionist Painter is without a doubt one of the most important 20th century Latin American artists, who along wi...
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Aquatint
Centre Noeuds (Plate #10) 1974 Limited Edition Etching & Aquatint, Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Mount Clemens, MI
Roberto Matta (1912-2002) Chilean-born French Surrealist/Abstract Expressionist Painter is without a doubt one of the most important 20th century Latin American artists, who along wi...
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Carnamont IV, 1979 Limited Edition Etching & Aquatint, Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Mount Clemens, MI
Roberto Matta (1912-2002) Chilean-born French Surrealist/Abstract Expressionist Painter is without a doubt one of the most important 20th century Latin American artists, who along wi...
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Centre Noeuds (Plate #9), 1974 Limited Edition Etching & Aquatint, Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Mount Clemens, MI
Roberto Matta (1912-2002) Chilean-born French Surrealist/Abstract Expressionist Painter is without a doubt one of the most important 20th century Latin American artists, who along wi...
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Centre Noeuds (Plate #3) 1974 Limited Edition Etching & Aquatint, Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Mount Clemens, MI
Roberto Matta (1912-2002) Chilean-born French Surrealist/Abstract Expressionist Painter is without a doubt one of the most important 20th century Latin American artists, who along wi...
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Los 5 Destacagados, 1976 Limited Edition Etching & Aquatint, Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Mount Clemens, MI
Roberto Matta (1912-2002) Chilean-born French Surrealist/Abstract Expressionist Painter is without a doubt one of the most important 20th century Latin American artists, who along wi...
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Centre Noeuds (Plate #8),1974 Limited Edition Etching & Aquatint, Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Mount Clemens, MI
Roberto Matta (1912-2002) Chilean-born French Surrealist/Abstract Expressionist Painter is without a doubt one of the most important 20th century Latin American artists, who along wi...
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
Centre Noeuds (Plate #1) 1974 Limited Edition Etching & Aquatint, Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Mount Clemens, MI
Roberto Matta (1912-2002) Chilean-born French Surrealist/Abstract Expressionist Painter is without a doubt one of the most important 20th century Latin American artists, who along wi...
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching
New-View
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002)
Title: New-View from the New Success Suite
Year: 1996
Medium: Carborundum Etching on Handmade Paper, signed and numbered in ink
Edition: ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching
Tout se Tient - Original Lithograph by R.S. Matta - 1975
By Roberto Matta
Located in Roma, IT
T'ou't se tient is an original print by the Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta (1911-2002).
This color lithograph on wove paper, was edited by the French magazine "XXe Siécle"...
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Lithograph
L'ergofrage (Naufrage du Titanic) from Hom'mere III - L'Ergonaute
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: L'ergofrage (Naufrage du Titanic) from Hom'mere III - L'Ergonaute
Date: 1976-77
Medium: Aquatint etching on Japon, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition...
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Espace de l'Espece, Surrealist Lithograph by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
This lithograph was created by Chilean artist Roberto Matta. Matta creates new dimensions in a blend of organic and cosmic lifeforms in a biomorphic style. He was one of the first ar...
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Lithograph
Rare Vintage Exhibition Leaflet - R.S. Matta - Galerie di Dragon - 1958
By Roberto Matta
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Leaflet is an original rare vintage catalogue by the Chilean artist Roberto Sebastián Matta (1911-2002).
This color artwork is the rare exhibition leaflet realized in occ...
Category
1950s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Paper
Untitled 5 from Hom'mere V - N'ous Portfolio
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911 - 2002)
Title: Untitled 5
Portfolio: Hom'mere V - N'ous
Date: 1985
Medium: Etching and aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 29/100
Im...
Category
1980s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled 3 from Hom'mere V - N'ous Portfolio
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911 - 2002)
Title: Untitled 3
Portfolio: Hom'mere V - N'ous
Date: 1985
Medium: Etching and aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 29/100
Im...
Category
1980s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled 10 from Hom'mere V - N'ous Portfolio
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911 - 2002)
Title: Untitled 10
Portfolio: Hom'mere V - N'ous
Date: 1985
Medium: Etching and aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 29/100
I...
Category
1980s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled 9 from Hom'mere V - N'ous Portfolio
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911 - 2002)
Title: Untitled 9
Portfolio: Hom'mere V - N'ous
Date: 1985
Medium: Etching and aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 29/100
Im...
Category
1980s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled 8 from Hom'mere V - N'ous Portfolio
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911 - 2002)
Title: Untitled 8
Portfolio: Hom'mere V - N'ous
Date: 1985
Medium: Etching and aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 29/100
Im...
Category
1980s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled 6 from Hom'mere V - N'ous Portfolio
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911 - 2002)
Title: Untitled 6
Portfolio: Hom'mere V - N'ous
Date: 1985
Medium: Etching and aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 29/100
Im...
Category
1980s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Personnages III
By Roberto Matta
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 95.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris.
Published by Editions L'Oeuvre Gravée, Bern.
Plate: 55 x 41.6 cm. ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Figure I
By Roberto Matta
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil, an artist's proof aside from the numbered edition of 95.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris.
Published by Editions L'Oeuvre Gravée, Bern...
Category
1960s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
L'Helicoptère
By Roberto Matta
Located in London, GB
Plate 1 from 'Scènes familières'.
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 50.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris.
Published by Editions Galerie Le Point Ca...
Category
1960s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Aimera bien qui aimera le dernier
By Roberto Matta
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 85.
Printed on Lana wove paper and published by Georges Visat, Paris.
Plate: 42 x 32.7 cm.
(Sabatier 194).
Category
1960s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Judgements: Blitz
By Roberto Matta
Located in London, GB
Plate 1 from 'Judgements'.
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 100.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris.
Published by Blue Moon Gallery, New York.
Plat...
Category
1960s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Castronautes
By Roberto Matta
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 100.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris.
Published by Editions L'Oeuvre Gravée, Bern.
Plate: 23.5 x 31 cm.
(Sabati...
Category
1960s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Viens Voir
By Roberto Matta
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 99.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris.
Published by Editions L'Oeuvre Gravée, Bern in 1970.
Plate: 41.1 x 54.6 cm....
Category
1960s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
FMR: Plate 7
By Roberto Matta
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 85.
Printed on Arches wove paper and published by Georges Visat, Paris.
Plate: 23.8 x 17.7 cm.
(Sabatier 266).
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Cruxificion
By Roberto Matta
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil at lower right.
Category
1950s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Crayon, Pencil
Droites Libérées: Plate 9
By Roberto Matta
Located in London, GB
From 'Droites Libérées', a series which illustrated a poem by Henri Michaux.
Signed in pencil, numbered in Roman numerals from XXV.
From the suite on Japon nacré paper (the total e...
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Que principio a abrir los ojos
By Roberto Matta
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil at lower right. Inscribed 'Que principio a abrir los ojos' ('Where to start when you open your eyes') in pencil at lower centre.
Category
1950s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Crayon, Color Pencil
Hom’mere III - L’Ergonaute, Etching and Aquatint
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)
Hom’mere III - L’Ergonaute, 1977
Hand-Signed
Etching, aquatint in colors
19 1/4 x 14 3/4 in
Ed. 100 Signed
Reference: Germana Ferrari: 204-213 in M...
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Grand Circus, Surrealist Etching and Aquatint
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Matta, was one of Chile's best-known painters and a seminal figure in 20th century abstract expressionist and surrealist art.
Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)
Grand Circus...
Category
1970s Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Oppressors, Surrealist Etching and Aquatint
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)
The Oppressors, 1983
Hand-Signed
Etching and aquatint
14.5 x 19.5 inches
65/ 100
Category
1980s Abstract Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled
By Roberto Matta
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Roberto Matta. This Untitled, abstract, oil on canvas painting is executed in a vibrant palette primarily of yellows, greens, apricot, gray and black by Latin American ...
Category
1970s Abstract Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tout se Tient - Original Lithograph by R.S. Matta - 1975
By Roberto Matta
Located in Roma, IT
T'ou't se tient is an original print by the Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta (1911-2002).
This color lithograph on wove paper, was edited by the French magazine "XXe Siécle"...
Category
1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Lithograph
Pyrocentre, Abstract Surrealist Etching
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Roberto Matta, Pyrocentre.
Original color etching and aquatint on paper printed in 1980.
From the pencil signed and numbered edition of 90.
Published by G. Visat, Paris. Reference:...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled - Oil on Canvas by Roberto Sebastian Matta - 1996
By Roberto Matta
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an original oil on canvas realized by Roberto Sébastian Matta in 1996.
It comes with a certificate of authenticity by Matta's son Pablo Echaurren Matta.
Archived at th...
Category
1990s Surrealist Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (from "Così fan tutte" portfolio)
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Image: 21 x 17 in.
Frame (suede): 31 x 26 in.
Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
20th Century Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled (from "Così fan tutte" portfolio)
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Image: 21 x 17 in.
Frame (suede): 31 x 26 in.
Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
20th Century Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Untitled (from "Così fan tutte" portfolio)
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Image: 21 x 17 in.
Frame (suede): 31 x 26 in.
Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
20th Century Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled (from "Così fan tutte" portfolio)
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Image: 21 x 17 in.
Frame (suede): 31 x 26 in.
Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
20th Century Roberto Matta Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
