Psychological Morphology

Modern Art

1938

Roberto Matta
Chilean, 1911–2002

Status: On loan to Ca' Pesaro Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna in Venice for Roberto Matta Echaurren (1911 – 2002)
Department: Modern Art

Artist: Matta
Title: Psychological Morphology
Place: France (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.: Made 1938
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 72.4 × 90.8 cm (28 1/2 × 35 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Richard S. Zeisler
Reference Number: 2007.280
Copyright: © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Rose Art Museum, Matta: The First Decade, exh. cat. (Waltham, MA: Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 1982), 21, 41, cat. 3, 45 (ill.).
Stanley M. Freehling and James M. Wells, The Arts Club of Chicago—75th Anniversary Exhibition 1916-1991, exh. cat. (Chicago: Arts Club of Chicago, 1992), 48 (color ill.).
Susan Landauer, Elmer Bischoff: The Ethics of Paint, exh. cat. (Oakland Museum of California, 2001), 34, fig. 30 (color ill.).
William M. Griswold, Pierre Matisse and His Artists, exh. cat. (New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 2002), 100, cat. 38, 101 (color ill).
Tere Arcq, Jennifer Field, Salomon Grimberg, and Erin O’Neill, Surrealism in Mexico, exh. cat. (Di Donna, 2019), 14, fig. 13 (color ill.).

Waltham, MA, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Matta: The First Decade, May 9–June 20, 1982, cat. 3.
Arts Club of Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago—75th Anniversary Exhibition 1916-1991, May 11–June 26, 1992, no cat. no.
New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, Pierre Matisse and His Artists, Feb. 14–May 20, 2002, cat. 38.

The artist; sold through Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, to Richard Zeisler, Chicago, Dec. 11, 1957 [invoice; copy in curatorial object file]; given to Art Institute of Chicago, July 9, 2007.

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