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Je Fixe des Vertiges

Name: Je Fixe Des Vertiges | Roberto Matta
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 78431

Roberto Matta

$2,850

Chilean (1911–2002)

Portfolio: Une Saison en Enfer
Date: 1977
Etching and aquatint on Japon, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 39/100
Image Size: 18.5 x 14 inches
Size: 26 x 20.5 in. (66.04 x 52.07 cm)
Frame Size: 29 x 24 inches
Printer: Georges Visat, Paris
Publisher: Poligrafa, Barcelona
Reference: Ferrari 214

$2,850

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about Je Fixe des Vertiges

Surrealist Etching by Chilean artist Roberto Matta, from his series Une Saison En Enfer (A Season in Hell), the famed poem by French poet Arthur Rimbaud.

Signed and numbered in pencil.

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About The Artist: Roberto Matta

Roberto Antonio Sebastián Matta Echaurren was born on November 11, 1911 in Santiago, Chile. Roberto Matta was educated in his native country as an architect and interior designer at the Sacré Coeur Jesuit College and at the Catholic University of Santiago, from 1929-31. In 1933 he became a Merchant Marine which enabled him to leave Santiago and travel to Europe. From 1933-34 he worked in Paris as an atelier for famed-architect...

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About The Medium: Aquatint

An etching process in which tone is created by treating a plate with fine particles of acid resistant material (like powder resin) and then placing the plate in an acid bath. The acid bites into the plate between the grains of resin and when printed, the mass of tiny spots produces a textured area with tonal effects similar to watercolor wash.

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