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Roberto Matta

Abstraction

Description

Maker

Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)

Title

Abstraction

Year

ca. 1948

Medium

  • Oil and charcoal

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Oil and charcoal

Materials

charcoal, oil

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

144.8 x 189.2 cm (57 x 74 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim

Object Number

54.189

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

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Exhibition History

Raid the Icebox Now with Pablo Helguera
Inventarios / Inventories
Feb 07, 2020 – Aug 21, 2021
Historias
Latin American Works on Paper
Aug 09, 2013 – Jan 05, 2014
Migrations
Latin American Art and the Modernist Imagination
Feb 21, 1992 – Apr 26, 1992
Del Nuevo Mundo
The Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Latin American Art
Jun 17, 1988 – Sep 04, 1988

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Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)
Abstraction, ca. 1948
Oil and charcoal
144.8 x 189.2 cm (57 x 74 1/2 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim 54.189

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