Roberto Matta, Litography
About the Item
- Creator:Roberto Matta (Painter)
- Dimensions:Height: 19.69 in (50 cm)Width: 14.57 in (37 cm)Depth: 0.79 in (2 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:Midcentury
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Hammarö, SE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU9126236409712
Roberto Matta
“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.
Browse Roberto Matta's paintings and furniture designs on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Hammarö, Sweden
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 14 days of delivery.
- Roberto Matta, LitographyBy Roberto MattaLocated in Hammarö, SENumber 25/ 125. Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren, born November 11, 1911, was a Chilean architect, visual artist.Category
20th Century Italian Paintings
MaterialsGlass, Paper
- Litography, Waldemar LorentzonLocated in Hammarö, SEWaldemar Lorentzon, born June 10, 1899 in Holm parish, died June 14, 1984 in Söndrum parish, was a Swedish painter, draftsman and graphic artist.Category
20th Century Swedish Paintings
MaterialsGlass, Paper
- Karin Broos, LitographyLocated in Hammarö, SEKarin, Broos, Swedish painter. Born in Uppsala. Signed. The painting is a lithograph 20/90.Category
20th Century Paintings
MaterialsGlass, Paper
- Salvador Dali, Litography.By Salvador DalíLocated in Hammarö, SENumber 240 of 250. Sigened by the painter.Category
20th Century Paintings
MaterialsGlass, Paper
- James CoignardLocated in Hammarö, SEJames Coignard (France, 1925-2008) JAMES COIGNARD, carborundum etching, mixed technique signed and numbered VI/X (6/10). Without title. Sheet size 50 x 65 cm. Painter, ceramist, sc...Category
20th Century French Paintings
MaterialsPaper
- Timo Solin, OilpaintingLocated in Hammarö, SETimo Artturi Solin, born December 7, 1947 in Tampere in Finland, is a Finnish-Swedish sculptor, painter and writer. Timo Solin grew up in a family of textil...Category
20th Century Swedish Paintings
MaterialsCanvas
- Luis Feito's, Noviembre I – Noviembre II, Diptych Litography, Madrid, 1998Located in Madrid, ESLuis Feito's November Diptych Lithography, Madrid, 1998.Category
1990s Spanish Post-Modern Paintings
MaterialsGlass, Wood, Paint, Paper
- Roberto Matta, Aquatint, 1970s "Come detta dentro vo significado" No35By Roberto MattaLocated in Stockholm, SERobero Matta ( Chille 1911-2002), aquatint VI/VI no 35 from "Come detta dentro vo significado". Signed Matta. Framed. in good condition. Paper with smaller signs of age and wear.Category
Vintage 1960s Chilean Mid-Century Modern Prints
MaterialsPaper
- Artillery Maneuvers, 1901, Roberto Domingo FallolaLocated in Madrid, ESDomingo Fallola, Roberto (Paris, 1883 - Madrid, 1956). "The load", Paris. Watercolor on paper. Signed and located in the lower right corner. Domingo trained in Paris with his...Category
20th Century European Other Paintings
MaterialsPaper
- Roberto Benites Pair of Modernist Figural PaintingsLocated in Palm Beach, FLStriking pair of acrylic paintings on canvas of traditional Peruvian figures executed in a modernist minimalist folk style. Signed Roberto Benites and presented in wood frames.Category
20th Century Peruvian Folk Art Paintings
MaterialsPaint
- 1960s Golf Pinup '8th Hole' by Roberto MoyaLocated in West Palm Beach, FL1960s Golf Pinup '8th Hole' by Roberto Moya, Whimsical oil on canvas, of a brunette golfer with an inclination of winning the 8th hole. signed lower right...Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Giltwood
- Italian 1970s Mixed-Media Art by Roffi 'Roberto Fraschetti'Located in London, GBItalian 1970s mixed-media art by Roffi (Roberto Fraschetti). Accompanied by Artist authentication and signature. In excellent vintage condition.Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
MaterialsPaint