Roberto Matta

Chilean | 1911 - 2002

Roberto Matta was a Chilean Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1911. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Museo Tamayo in Mexico City. Numerous key galleries and museums such as MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art have featured Roberto Matta's work in the past.Roberto Matta's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 12 USD to 5,010,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 5,010,500 USD for La r茅volte des contraires, sold at Christie's New York in 2012. In the past 12 months, their paintings have averaged 64,932 USD, while their sculptures have sold for an average of 6,309 USD.Roberto Matta has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in September 2025. The artist died in 2002.

Artist's alternative names: Robert Matta, Roberto Mata, Roberto Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebasti谩n Antonio Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebasti谩n Matta, Roberto Sebastian Matta Echaurren, Sebasti谩n Matta

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Featured for Sale

OR DUR OR AISON

By Roberto Matta

Gallery Art

La Dulce Aqua Vita (large signed carborundum etching on hand made paper)

By Roberto Matta

Gallery Art

Sin título ,1965

By Roberto Matta

Sotheby's New York

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Notable Lots

Nada ,1943

By Roberto Matta

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Et At It ,1944

By Roberto Matta

MORPHOLOGIE PSYCHOLOGIQUE DE L'ATTENTE - Roberto Matta

MORPHOLOGIE PSYCHOLOGIQUE DE L'ATTENTE ,1938

By Roberto Matta

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Un Pourquoi final ,1804

By Roberto Matta

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L'Exitateur ,1957

By Roberto Matta

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Les Mots dans la peinture - Roberto Matta

Les Mots dans la peinture ,1969

By Roberto Matta

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Come detta dentro vo significado. Lausanne : Meyer, 1962. - Roberto Matta

Come detta dentro vo significado. Lausanne : Meyer, 1962. ,1962

By Roberto Matta

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Untitled from Le Surrealisme en 1947 - Roberto Matta

Untitled from Le Surrealisme en 1947 ,1947

By Roberto Matta

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Allons Enfants de la Patrie - Roberto Matta

Allons Enfants de la Patrie ,1968

By Roberto Matta

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Current Exhibitions

The Art-Led Interior

Wexler Gallery, New York

Midtown | New York | USA

18 Sep, 2025 - 31 Dec, 2025

Beyond Time: Threads of unexpected affinities

Galleria d'Arte Maggiore, Bologna

Bologna | Italy

30 Oct, 2025 - 15 Dec, 2025

Taking Root: Recent Acquisitions

Art Gallery of Hamilton

Hamilton | Ontario | Canada

26 Jun, 2025 - 04 Jan, 2026

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Articles

VMFA welcomes exciting roster of new works into its permanent collection

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Coverage

鈥� ..Chilean-born Matta is perhaps best known for his association with the Surrealist movement... 鈥�
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Pace New York (32 East 57th Street)

鈥� ..Refusing to call himself an artist, Matta would say: "I'm not an artist... 鈥�
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State Hermitage Museum

鈥� ..鈥淭he function of art,鈥� Matta once said, 鈥渋s to unveil the enormous economic, cultural, and emotional forces that materially interact in our lives and that constitute the real space in which we live.鈥� Pushing... 鈥�
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Pace New York (32 East 57th Street)

鈥� ..Through this spectacular installation Matta submerged the viewer in his pictorial universe, which was hermetic, hallucinatory and filled with literary, spiritual and artistic references... 鈥�
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Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza

鈥� ..Moreover, if we consider that his life was a tireless activist, an enthusiastic debater and a worker without limitation, understand because Matta is one of the leading figures of modern times... 鈥�
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Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil

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