Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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
Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 6
By Roberto Matta
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 6
Medium: Etching in Colors on Japon Paper
Signed: Hand S...
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Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 5
By Roberto Matta
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 5
Medium: Etching in Colors on Japon Paper
Signed: Hand S...
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Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 4
By Roberto Matta
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 4
Medium: Etching in Colors on Japon Paper
Signed: Hand S...
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Les naufrageants from Hom'mere II - L'Eautre, Aquatint Etching by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002)
Title: Les naufrageants from Hom'mere II - L'Eautre
Year: 1974-75
Medium: Aquatint Etching on Japon, Signed and numbered in pencil
Editio...
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Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 3
By Roberto Matta
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 3
Medium: Etching in Colors on Japon Paper
Signed: Hand S...
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Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 2
By Roberto Matta
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 2
Medium: Etching in Colors on Japon Paper
Signed: Hand S...
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1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Sans Titre, Surrealist Lithograph by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
This raucous scene by Latin American Surrealist Roberto Matta shows leaping nude figures flying through the air above what look like boulders. Their bodies are warped and stretched a...
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1960s Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
L'eau est Mana, Framed Surrealist Lithograph by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: L'eau est Mana
Year: 1974
Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Size: 21.5 x 30 inches (54.61 x 76.2 cm)
Frame...
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1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Hecatombe de Toros
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hecatombe de Toros" 1971, is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is hand signed and numb...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Tout se Tient - Lithograph by R.S. Matta - 1975
By Roberto Matta
Located in Roma, IT
T'ou't se tient is an Artwork realized in 1975, by Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren (Santiago, Chile, 1911 - Civitavecchia, Italy, 2002).
Colored Lithograph on paper. The ...
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1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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The New School, Surrealist Suite of 10 etchings by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002) - The New School, Year: 1943, Medium: Suite of 10 etchings, lacking cover sheet, Image Size: 7.75 x 6 inches, Size: 15 x 11.75 in. (38.1 x 29.8...
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1940s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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L'ame du Tarot de Theleme Portfolio of 5 Aquatint Etchings by Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta
Portfolio: L'ame du Tarot de Theleme
Year: 1994
Medium: Portfolio of Five Aquatint Etchings, each signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 100, XX
Image Size: 19....
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1990s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #9
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #9, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
Par La Bait Naitre, Surrealist Etching by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002) - Par La Bait Naitre, Year: 1946, Medium: Etching on Hollande Van Gelder, Edition: 58, Image Size: 5.25 x 3.75 inches, Size: 7.25 x 6 in. (18.4...
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1940s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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"Centre Noeuds" planche #6
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #6 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
Folder Los 5 Destacados. Burumbauzerda
By Roberto Matta
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Folder Los 5 Destacados Burumbauzerda
Medium: Original Etching & Acquatint on Arches Paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition Number: Proof
Measurements: 19.75...
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1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Cosmicstrip IV, Surrealist Aquatint Etching by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Cosmicstrip IV by Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911–2002)
Date: 1959
Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 21/50
Image Size: 14.75 x 19.25 inches
Frame Size: 23.75 x 28 inches...
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1950s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Untitled from Le Surrealisme en 1947, Surrealist Lithograph by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002) - Untitled from Le Surrealisme en 1947, Year: 1947, Medium: Lithograph, Edition: 950, Size: 9 x 7.75 in. (22.86 x 19.69 cm), Printer: Mourlot, P...
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1940s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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"Centre Noeuds" planche #3
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #3 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Sans Titre
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sans Titre" 1968, is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is hand signed and numbered 30/...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Hecatombe de Toros
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hecatombe de Toros" 1971, is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is hand signed and numb...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Attulima, Surrealist Lithograph by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002) - Attulima, Year: 1954, Medium: Lithograph, Edition: 211, Image Size: 10.75 x 8.5 inches, Size: 10.75 x 17 in. (27.31 x 43.18 cm), Publisher: E...
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1950s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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8 AM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures, Aquatint Etching by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002)
Title: 8 AM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures
Year: 1975
Medium: Aquatint Etching on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 125, XXXII...
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1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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"Centre Noeuds" planche #1
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #1, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #5
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #5, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
Centre Noeuds
By Roberto Matta
Located in Paris, FR
Etching, 1974
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated ea 14/15
Publisher : Georges Visat (Paris)
60.50 cm. x 45.00 cm. 23.82 in. x 17.72 in. (paper)
35.50 cm. x 26.50 cm. ...
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1970s Abstract Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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"Centre Noeuds" planche #7
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #7, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #4
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #4, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
Il Albero Giovanne, Large Surrealist Carborundum etching by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002)
Title: Il Albero Giovanne
Year: 2002
Medium: Carborundum Etching on Hand-Made Paper, signed and numbered in marker
Edition: 125, XXXV
Pap...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Etching
La Source du Calme
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002)
Title: La Source du Calme
Year: 2002
Medium: Carborundum Etching on Hand-Made Paper, signed and numbered in marker
Edition: 125, XXXV
Pap...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Etching
10PM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures
By Roberto Matta
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Matta, Roberto
Title: 10PM from L’Arc Obscur des Heures
Series: The Obscure Arc of the Hours (Suite of 10)
Date: 1975
Medium: Engraving
Unframed Dimensions: 25 x 36
Fra...
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1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Color, Engraving
Raising A Glass, Surrealist Etching by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002) - Raising A Glass, Year: circa 1943, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 9.75 x 8 inches, Size: 15 x 11.75 in. (38.1 x 29.85 cm), Reference: Unrecorde...
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La Dulce Aqua Vita
By Roberto Matta
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: La Dulce Aqua Vita
Medium: Carborundum etching on handmade paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Size: 41 x 48 Inches Framed: 51 x 58 Inches
Edition: 23/125
Year: 20...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Max Clarac-Serou vous presente ses meilleurs voeux, Etching by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002) - Max Clarac-Serou vous presente ses meilleurs voeux, Year: 1960, Medium: Etching on laid paper, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 7/50, ...
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1960s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Archery – Etching by R.S. Matta- 1977
By Roberto Matta
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Edition of 100 prints.
From the portfolio “Transesports” of 6 coloured etchings and aquatints on Japon Nacré paper.
Printed by Georges Visat, Paris and published by Éd...
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1970s Contemporary Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Roberto Matta (1911–2002)- Coloured crayons and graphite on paper - 1965 -unique
By Roberto Matta
Located in Varese, IT
Maitre de emotions, Orientation des gestes (Master of emotions, Gesture orientation)
Colored crayons and graphite on paper, 1965.
Unique work.
Very good conditions, two tape marks a...
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1960s Abstract Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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No title
By Roberto Matta
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated HC
65.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.59 in. x 19.69 in. (paper)
49.00 cm. x 37.00 cm. 19.29 in. x 14.57 in. (image)
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Ça A by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta
Medium: Lithograph, E.A. Signed, Edition of 100, 1976
Dimensions: 22 x 30 in, 55.9 x 76.2 cm
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4 AM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures, Abstract Aquatint Etching by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002)
Title: 4 AM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures
Year: 1975
Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: XXXI/XXXIII
Image Si...
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Centre Noeuds
By Roberto Matta
Located in Paris, FR
Etching, 1974
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated ea 14/15
Publisher : Georges Visat (Paris)
60.00 cm. x 45.00 cm. 23.62 in. x 17.72 in. (paper)
35.50 cm. x 26.50 cm. ...
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Centre Noeuds
By Roberto Matta
Located in Paris, FR
Etching, 1974
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated ea 14/15
Publisher : Georges Visat (Paris)
60.50 cm. x 45.00 cm. 23.82 in. x 17.72 in. (paper)
35.50 cm. x 26.50 cm. ...
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1970s Abstract Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Matta - Autoapocalipse (folder containing four etchings and aquatint on paper)
By Roberto Matta
Located in Varese, IT
Folder containing four etchings and aquatint on paper.
Limited edition: 150 signed and numbered.
Each one signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner.
Very good conditions with ...
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1980s Abstract Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Etching
5PM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures, Surrealist Aquatint Etching by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002)
Title: 5PM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures
Year: 1975
Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 125, XXXIII
Image Siz...
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Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 9
By Roberto Matta
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 9
Medium: Etching in Colors on Japon Paper
Signed: Hand S...
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Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 8
By Roberto Matta
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 8
Medium: Etching in Colors on Japon Paper
Signed: Hand S...
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Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 7
By Roberto Matta
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Les Oh! Tomobiles Plate 7
Medium: Etching in Colors on Japon Paper
Signed: Hand S...
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2 AM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures, Surrealist Aquatint Etching by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002)
Title: 2 AM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures
Year: 1975
Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: XXXI/XXXIII
Image Si...
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1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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"Centre Noeuds" planche #8
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #8 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #10
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #10, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It i...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #2
By Roberto Matta
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #2, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
Or dur or aison
By Roberto Matta
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and numbered
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20th Century Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Theorbes et Belieres
By Roberto Matta
Located in Wilton, CT
Beautiful example of Roberto Matta's book with 1 full color/ full page engraving and 4 black and white vignettes. On Arches. Signed on the justification page by the author and the ...
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1990s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Aquatint
OR DUR OR AISON
By Roberto Matta
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Additional images are available upon request. Certificate of Authenticity is included. Edition of 175. All...
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1970s Contemporary Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Paper
La Guerre (The War)
By Roberto Matta
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Roberto Matta
La Guerre (The War)
1970
19 3/4 x 25 1/4 in.
Numbered from the Rare Limited Edition of 150
Original Lithograph in Colors on Paper
Hand signed
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1970s Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Hours of the Day series, 10pm
By Roberto Matta
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Roberto Matta
Hours of the Day Series, 10pm
1975
Etching with aquatint
25 x 36 in.
Edition of 9
Pencil signed and numbered
Condition: This work is in excellent condition. It has never been framed and always stored flat for its protection
Frame: Unframed
The first true flowering of Matta's own art came in 1938, when he moved from drawing to the oil painting for which he is best known. This period coincided with his emigration to the United States, where he lived until 1948. His early paintings, give an indication of the work he would continue, with diffuse light patterns and bold lines on a featureless background.
As Matta’s work evolved, his key ambition to represent and evoke the human psyche in visual form was filtered through the writings of Freud and the psychoanalytic view of the mind as a three-dimensional space. These paintins "are visual analogies for the artist's psyche".
During the 1940's and 1950's, the disturbing state of world politics found reflection in Matta's work, with the canvases becoming busy with images of electrical machinery and distressed figures.
In his art Matta creates new dimensions in a blend of organic and cosmic lifeforms, known as biomorphism. He was one of the first Surrealists to take this abstract leap, successfully combining the political and the semi-abstract in epic surreal canvases.
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1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Archer, from Transports
By Roberto Matta
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Roberto Matta
Archer, from Transports
1976
Etching aquatint
18 x 23 in.
Edition of 100
Pencil signed and numbered
Condition: This work is in excellent condition. It has never been framed and always stored flat for its protection
Frame: Unframed
ABOUT THE ARTIST
The first true flowering of Matta's own art came in 1938, when he moved from drawing to the oil painting for which he is best known. This period coincided with his emigration to the United States, where he lived until 1948. His early paintings, give an indication of the work he would continue, with diffuse light patterns and bold lines on a featureless background.
As Matta’s work evolved, his key ambition to represent and evoke the human psyche in visual form was filtered through the writings of Freud and the psychoanalytic view of the mind as a three-dimensional space. These paintins "are visual analogies for the artist's psyche".
During the 1940's and 1950's, the disturbing state of world politics found reflection in Matta's work, with the canvases becoming busy with images of electrical machinery and distressed figures.
In his art Matta creates new dimensions in a blend of organic and cosmic lifeforms, known as biomorphism. He was one of the first Surrealists to take this abstract leap, successfully combining the political and the semi-abstract in epic surreal canvases.
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1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Centre Noeuds Portfolio, Suite of 10 Aquatint Etchings
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
These works express the influence of the collective subconscious icons, South American & popular culture, and psycho-sexuality. Their undeniable beauty keeps the eye engaged in visua...
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1970s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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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...
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1960s Surrealist Roberto Matta Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Roberto Matta is a painter who became a noted part of the Surrealist movement. Born Roberto Antonio Sebastian Matta Echaurren in 1922 in Santiago, Chile, the artist began his professional life as an architect and slowly switched to painting. His work often featured complex biomorphic forms in disturbing settings, making him an important influence in the post World War II era. Shop a selection of Roberto Matta pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
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