Roberto Matta - Droites Liberees plate X

Droites Liberees - plate XRoberto Matta, Chilean (1911–2002)Date: 1971Etching, signed and numbered in pencilEdition of IV/XXV from the deluxe edition on Arches paperImage Size: 27.8 x 19.8 cmSheet Size: 43.5 x 31.5 cmPublisher: Atelier Georges VisatReference: Sabatier 272 to 284  This work will be shipped free of charge, if within the US. If shipped internationally it will be a flat rate of $100. Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren (November 11, 1911 – November 23, 2002), better known as Roberto Matta, was one of Chile's best-known painters and a seminal figure in 20th century abstract expressionist and surrealist art. Born in Santiago, he initially studied architecture at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, but became disillusioned with this occupation and left for Paris in 1933. His travels in Europe and the USA led him to meet artists such as Arshile Gorky, René Magritte, Salvador Dalí, André Breton, and Le Corbusier. Matta was of Spanish, Basque and Fren