Figure

Artist Matta (Chilean, 1911 - 2002)

Dateca. 1950

MediumPastel on paper

Dimensions34 × 28 1/2 in. (86.4 × 72.4 cm)
Framed: 39 3/4 × 34 1/4 × 1 1/2 in.

ClassificationsDrawing

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Maria and Conrad Janis, 2023.40

Accession number 2023.40

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceArtist; to (Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY); to Private Collection, Beverly Hills, CA; to Conrad Janis [1928-2022] and Maria Janis [1946-2021], Los Angeles, CA; to Conrad and Maria Janis Living Trust, 2022; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2023
Inscribedverso, on backing board, u.c., black ink on sticker: 35359
verso, u.l., in pencil: MATTA
verso, u.l., in pencil: James
verso, u.l., in pencil: 34 x 28 1/2

Markingsverso, on backing board, u.l., sticker: [Sidney Janis Gallery gallery label]
verso, on backing board, u.l., sticker: [Jan Krugier Gallery gallery label]
verso, on backing board, u.c., sticker: REGENCY WORLDWIDE PACKING, INC. / LOT / #A-1041 / Case #6 / SURREALISM / PIECE # / W.R.K. #568778 / Eugene Matta / FIGURE / Sidney Janis Gallery
verso, on backing board, u.r., sticker: [Pace Wildenstein gallery label]
verso, on backing board, u.r., sticker: SURREALISM EXHIBITION 1983 / Cat. No. 90 R. MATTA / Figure ca. 1950 / THE TOKYO SHIMBUN