Colour aquatint on paper
Roberto Matta (1911-2002), Chilean Architect and Artist of the Surrealism
From "Hom’mere II - L'Eautre"
Printed and published by Georges Visat, Paris 1975
Signed lower right
Numbered X/XXV
Dimensions: 65 cm x 50 cm

Matta’s surrealistic print fascinates through its brilliant colours and the effervescent composition. The unusual composition shows one or two figures that try to gouge an oversized eye out with a letter opener or a similar object. Matta’s works are scarcely self-explaining and that is exactly what makes this artwork so fascinating.



The print is in very good condition. The margins are foxed and light-stained, a ball point mark in the lower left. The dimensions of the sheet are 65 cm x 50 cm, the plate measures 49 cm x 37 cm. The paper is signed in the lower right with an ornate Matta signature and numbered on the lower left X/XXV. The print is from the series "Hom’mere II - L'Eautre" which was printed and published in 1975 by Georges Visat, Paris.

Roberto Matta (1911-2002)

Matta was born in 1911 in Santiago de Chile. He studied architecture in Chile and later moved to Paris where he worked for Le Corbusier. He travelled a lot across Europa and met amongst others Federico García Lorca, Salvador Dalí and André Breton. Breton declared him to be a Surrealist and Matta really felt a connection to this group of artist. But first, he only wrote about architecture in a surrealistic magazine. He started painting himself in 1938 and immediately participated in the great Surrealism Exhibition in Paris. To avoid the war, Matta moved to New York, where he was very quickly accepted as an artist. He returned to Europe in 1948 and moved to Rome. Matta’s art has always been politically influenced and many of his drawings show that.

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