Roberto Matta
La Pipe (pour 120 Journées du Marquis de Sade)

La Pipe (pour 120 Journées du Marquis de Sade)

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La Pipe (pour 120 Journées du Marquis de Sade)
La Pipe (pour 120 Journées du Marquis de Sade)
ArtistChilean, 1911–2002
CultureChilean
Titles
  • La Pipe (pour 120 Journées du Marquis de Sade)
  • The Pipe (for 120 Days by the Marquis de Sade)
Date1943–1945
MediumPastel on paper, laid on cardboard
Dimensions54 3/4 × 44 3/4 in. (139.1 × 113.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2012" and the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2012.561
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; [Galerie du Dragon, Paris]; Cecilia Ayala; [Mayor Gallery, London]; Daniel Katz Family Trust; sold to MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition History"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 3 February - 5 May, 2013.

"Intersecting Modernities: Latin American Art from The Brillembourg Capriles Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 20–September 2, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Monogrammed

Printed paper label on verso top edge: THE MAYOR GALLERY / LIMITED / 22A CORK STREET / LONDON W.1 9496

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