Glittering, the Being

1958

Roberto Matta
Chilean, 1911–2002

Status: On View, Ryerson Library Reading Room
Department: Contemporary Art

Artist: Matta
Title: Glittering, the Being
Place: Chile (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1958
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 113 × 142.2 cm (44 1/2 × 56 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Grant J. Pick
Reference Number: 1959.213
Copyright: © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Charles C. Cunningham, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: a catalogue of the picture collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), p. 306.

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, New Accessions, U.S.A., Jul. 6–Sept. 7, 1960.

Grant J. Pick, Chicago; given to Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 30, 1959.

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