Pauline Karpidas: The London Collection Day Auction

Matta

The Modern Sphinx (L'Incommunicable)

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Matta

1911 - 2002

The Modern Sphinx (L'Incommunicable)

signed matta and dated 43 (lower right)

pencil and wax crayon on paper

57.5 by 72.5 cm. 22⅝ by 28½ in.

Executed in 1943.

Alisée Matta has confirmed the authenticity of this work and its recording in the Matta Archives.

Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1984, lot 389A

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

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