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Que principio a abrir los ojos

Roberto Matta

Sims Reed Gallery (IFPDA) United Kingdom

Artwork details

Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Que principio a abrir los ojos
Description: Pencil and crayon on paper, circa late 1950s.
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.
Provenance: formerly in the collection of American abstract sculptor Dimitri Hadzi (1921-2006), who was friends with the artist; thence by descent.
Date: 1950
Medium: Crayon
Signature: Signed
Sheet: 33.5 x 49.3 cm
Price: Price on request

The Artist

Roberto Matta

One of Chile’s most well-known painters is Roberto Matta. Born Roberto Matta is considered an influential figure in the abstract expressionist and surrealist art movement of the 20th century. Born on 11 November 1911 in Santiago, we was a student at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile where he studied architecture and interior design. Whilst at university, he travelled across South America visiting places such as a Peru and Panama, where he took the opportunity to make many surreal drawings of the natural world around him. Matta went onto to further travel Europe and the USA where he met other artists such as Salvador Dalí, Le Corbusier and Arshile Gorky.